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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 111 - 166).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Wilma do in the 1960s?
(a) Planting.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Braiding hair.

2. What is Mira doing when she suffers her third miscarriage?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Hosting Sam's fourth birthday party.
(c) Showing a house to a client.
(d) Singing in the church choir.

3. Why does Wilma make Esme sleep in the outhouse?
(a) She worries that Carson will sexually assault Esme.
(b) She punishes Esme for extreme insolence.
(c) She has nowhere else to put Esme.
(d) She wants Esme to know how hard it is to be a woman in Barbados.

4. What does Adan do sometimes on good days with Lala?
(a) Buys her nice dresses.
(b) Sings her name as they lie in bed.
(c) Plays tennis.
(d) Cooks for her.

5. Who does Adan sometimes sell coconuts to?
(a) Jacinthe.
(b) Tone.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Coyote.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wilma always make for Carson's breakfast in Chapter 21?

2. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?

3. What does Mira's mother suggest doing on the phone after Peter's death?

4. What does Adan tell Tone he wants to talk about with him the following day?

5. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?

(see the answer key)

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