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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 56 - 110).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to wake Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9?
(a) Beth.
(b) Sam.
(c) Peter.
(d) Rosa.

2. What does Wilma call Lala?
(a) Kellan.
(b) Ella.
(c) Stella.
(d) Anna.

3. Why does Lala go looking for Adan in Chapter 1?
(a) She has cut hersef.
(b) She has just lost her cat.
(c) She is in labor.
(d) She needs to remind him he is late for work.

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

5. What is the first thing Wilma says when Esme is born?
(a) Now that's that.
(b) Thank God.
(c) My love.
(d) It's me!

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the person who wakes Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9 ask her for?

2. What does Mira do during the robbery that enrages Adan?

3. Who comes to Lala's aid when Baby is found dead on the beach in Chapter 10?

4. Who is Mira married to?

5. What does Peter Whalen do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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