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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of woman is the Queen of Sheba to Sergeant Beckles?
(a) The type he would build a house for.
(b) The type he would marry.
(c) The type he would ruin.
(d) The type he could kill.

2. Who rejects Tone the day he gets out of jail?
(a) Lala.
(b) Adan.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Mira.

3. How does Sergeant Beckles live, as Jones describes it in Chapter 16?
(a) By the grace of God.
(b) By his belly.
(c) By his wits.
(d) By some unknown force.

4. What is a major reason Esme does not really want to marry her fiance?
(a) He has no job.
(b) He is from America.
(c) He is much younger.
(d) He is bad to Lala.

5. What disturbs Lala in Chapter 21 that Wilma does to Carson?
(a) Beats him.
(b) Cuts his hair very short.
(c) Sprays his bare bottom with a hose.
(d) Buries him in dirt to remind him of his mortality.

6. What did Peter Whalen used to have a "thing" about, according to Mira?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Panties.
(c) Bras.
(d) Perfume.

7. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?
(a) Wilma.
(b) Tone.
(c) Grayson and Mira.
(d) Sergeant Beckles.

8. How long does Tone go to jail for in Chapter 23?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 3 years.

9. Where is Tone sent for three months in Chapter 22?
(a) Hard Labor Camp.
(b) The Government Industrial School for Wayward Boys.
(c) The Military Institute of Barbados.
(d) The Sing School for Criminals.

10. Why was Adan robbing Peter Whalen's house to begin with?
(a) To get the money to go to America.
(b) To get the money for Tone to finally go to college.
(c) To get the money for Baby's funeral.
(d) To get the money for a drug deal.

11. Who are two of Adan's friends he hangs out with after Baby's funeral?
(a) Shotta and Ragga.
(b) Fred and Hawley.
(c) Ragga and Nebley.
(d) Frieda and Barge.

12. Who was the regular client Tone was with the night Baby died?
(a) A young Italian woman.
(b) An older local woman.
(c) A middle-aged German woman.
(d) A young Spanish woman.

13. Who works in Mrs. Kennedy's garden that Lala encounters for a second time in Chapter 21?
(a) Tone.
(b) Adan.
(c) Betsy.
(d) Grayson.

14. Who kills Esme?
(a) Henry.
(b) Rainford.
(c) Carson.
(d) Adan.

15. Where does Lala first meet Adan?
(a) At a club.
(b) At the warehouse where they both work.
(c) At school.
(d) At a fair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eventually gets Tone to stop beating his friend in Chapter 23?

2. What does Rosa tell Mira in Chapter 19 about her grief?

3. Who is Wilma's employer?

4. Who teaches Adan the ways of thievery?

5. What does Mira notice about how Rosa treats the first Mrs. Whalen?

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