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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Adan's mother?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Penny.
(c) Esme.
(d) Carla.
2. Which worker at the convenience store is often assigned to watch Mira in the middle of the night?
(a) Tone.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jack.
(d) Adan.
3. Who is Mira married to?
(a) Adan Primus.
(b) Peter Whalen.
(c) Tone.
(d) Grayson Franks.
4. Who is Mira's mother?
(a) Sally.
(b) Martha.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Esme.
5. What kind of woman was Wilma in 1963?
(a) A woman of order.
(b) A woman of ill repute.
(c) A woman who knew how to end things.
(d) A woman of impulse.
6. What is the main hospital in Lala's part of town in Barbados?
(a) Baxter General.
(b) Hades General.
(c) Cook General.
(d) Beach General.
7. Why does Wilma make Esme sleep in the outhouse?
(a) She punishes Esme for extreme insolence.
(b) She wants Esme to know how hard it is to be a woman in Barbados.
(c) She has nowhere else to put Esme.
(d) She worries that Carson will sexually assault Esme.
8. What does Mira's mother suggest doing on the phone after Peter's death?
(a) Eating more.
(b) Selling all Mira's assets.
(c) Praying.
(d) Mira adopting a child.
9. Who is Mira's father?
(a) Tony Robinson.
(b) James Martineau.
(c) Bill Bentley.
(d) Howard Cross.
10. What work did Wilma do in the 1960s?
(a) Braiding hair.
(b) Planting.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Cooking.
11. Who does Lala always see walking a dog on the beach?
(a) A very young Black boy.
(b) A short little girl.
(c) A very old white woman.
(d) A tall pink man.
12. How does Wilma describe the circumstances of her own marriage?
(a) She was indifferent to her marriage.
(b) She was fiercely in love.
(c) She was wrenched from the many she really loved and forced to marry someone else.
(d) Her mother tricked her into it.
13. Where does Mira live most of the year?
(a) America.
(b) Russia.
(c) Spain.
(d) England.
14. What is at the bottom of the steps to Adan's house?
(a) An old jet ski.
(b) A patch of coconut trees.
(c) A burger stand.
(d) A doghouse.
15. What is Adan's identifying mark?
(a) The scar on his face.
(b) His face tattoo.
(c) His large birthmark on his arm.
(d) His lisp.
Short Answer Questions
1. What had Peter been trying to do when he had been killed?
2. What problem was in Mira's and Peter's relationship when Peter died?
3. What is Wilma's last name?
4. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?
5. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?
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