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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tone sell on the beach?
(a) Songbooks.
(b) Coconuts.
(c) Rides on jet skis, marijuana, and sex.
(d) Tickets to clubs.

2. Why does Wilma make Esme sleep in the outhouse?
(a) She worries that Carson will sexually assault Esme.
(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 punishes Esme for extreme insolence.

3. Who is Adan's mother?
(a) Penny.
(b) Esme.
(c) Carla.
(d) Wilma.

4. Who is Mira's mother?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Esme.
(c) Sally.
(d) Martha.

5. What is at the bottom of the steps to Adan's house?
(a) A burger stand.
(b) An old jet ski.
(c) A doghouse.
(d) A patch of coconut trees.

6. What had Peter been trying to do when he had been killed?
(a) Run for the beach.
(b) Protect his money.
(c) Save Mira.
(d) Save his dog.

7. What is an essential part of Adan's story reaching back to childhood?
(a) The story of melted gold.
(b) The story of a Burger Bee snack box on a Friday afternoon.
(c) The story of his father, the doctor.
(d) The story of the army conscription.

8. Who does not want to let Mira and the children in at the convenience store?
(a) Adan.
(b) Tone.
(c) Markely.
(d) Henley.

9. What do Adan and Lala fight over in Chapter 14?
(a) That Adan is stealing too much jewelry and attracting the police's notice.
(b) That Adan stole Lala's money.
(c) That Lala wants to move to America and Adan does not.
(d) That Tone stole Lala's money.

10. Who comes to Lala's aid when Baby is found dead on the beach in Chapter 10?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Esme.
(c) Daily.
(d) Carson.

11. What is the curse Wilma tells the police the Wilkinson women have?
(a) Cooking so well.
(b) Bewitching men.
(c) Falling into terrible murderous situations.
(d) Having bad hearts.

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

13. What is one reason Lala thinks Baby died?
(a) Carson is a bad person.
(b) She is being punished for having a previous abortion.
(c) Adan is a bad person.
(d) She did not read enough about how to take care of Baby.

14. Why does Wilma decline to use the antiseptic cream on Esme's bruises?
(a) She does not have any.
(b) Carson is using it.
(c) It is too expensive to use on her child.
(d) She is mad at Esme.

15. What does Mira's mother suggest doing on the phone after Peter's death?
(a) Selling all Mira's assets.
(b) Eating more.
(c) Praying.
(d) Mira adopting a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lala do for money on the beach?

2. What commotion is happening on the beach when Mira is walking home in Chapter 9?

3. What problem was in Mira's and Peter's relationship when Peter died?

4. What is Wilma's relationship to Lala?

5. What is Wilma's last name?

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