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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Adan leave Lala at the hospital alone having their baby in Chapter 1?
(a) He has a job to do.
(b) He goes to see his own mother.
(c) He goes to see the woman he is having an affair with.
(d) He is afraid the police will be looking for him because he just murdered a man.

2. What does Adan wear on his face during the robbery?
(a) A bag.
(b) A mask.
(c) A stocking.
(d) Makeup.

3. What does Adan buy Lala when she is pregant even though they are very expensive?
(a) Pineapples.
(b) Cherries.
(c) Strawberries.
(d) Diamonds.

4. What does Tone wear on a necklace?
(a) A tooth of his own.
(b) A shark's tooth.
(c) A silver charm.
(d) A dollar bill.

5. Who comes to visit Lala and Adan in Chapter 6?
(a) Tone and Jacinthe.
(b) Mira.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Esme.

6. What commotion is happening on the beach when Mira is walking home in Chapter 9?
(a) Someone found a shark's body.
(b) Someone was found bloody and nearly dead.
(c) Someone kidnapped a baby.
(d) Someone found a strange ship that looks like it crashed on the sand.

7. What does Wilma tell Esme about what Carson has done to her in Chapter 11?
(a) That she will take care of Carson.
(b) That God will put things right.
(c) Not to tell anyone about it.
(d) To go to the police in secret.

8. What is wrong with the bathrooms in the hospital?
(a) There is no toilet paper there.
(b) There are no toilets.
(c) There is no running water.
(d) There are no doors on the stalls.

9. Which worker at the convenience store is often assigned to watch Mira in the middle of the night?
(a) Tone.
(b) Jack.
(c) Adan.
(d) Henry.

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

11. What does Mira do during the robbery that enrages Adan?
(a) Spits at him.
(b) Pulls the mask off his face.
(c) Pulls the stocking off his face.
(d) Stabs him.

12. How does Wilma describe the circumstances of her own marriage?
(a) She was indifferent to her marriage.
(b) She was wrenched from the many she really loved and forced to marry someone else.
(c) She was fiercely in love.
(d) Her mother tricked her into it.

13. Who does Wilma send Esme to live with in Chapter 11?
(a) Auntie Ryland.
(b) Auntie Earlie.
(c) Auntie Petra.
(d) Auntie Res.

14. What does Esme always hold against Wilma from what happens with Carson in Chapter 11?
(a) Wilma does not stay to comfort Esme after the rape.
(b) Wilma makes Esme pay for her clothes that were ruined.
(c) Wilma puts Esme right to work that day.
(d) Wilma tells Esme what happened was her fault.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mira's father?

2. Who comes to take the children for the night in Chapter 9 from Mira?

3. What is the curse Wilma tells the police the Wilkinson women have?

4. What was Wilma thinking about when Esme rushed into her workshop, all beaten and bloody?

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

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