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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the main hospital in Lala's part of town in Barbados?

3. What logo is on Adan and Lala's door?

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

5. Who is Mira's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What lie does Lala tell about where Adan was when Baby "disappeared"?

2. What is Wilma's story to the police about her own marriage to Carson?

3. What does Sergeant Beckles think about the death of Baby?

4. How does the hospital staff treat Lala when she has her baby there?

5. Why does Mira repeatedly buy raisins at the store following Peter's death?

6. Why does Wilma send her own daughter Esme away from the house when Esme is a young girl?

7. What is Peter trying to do when the robber kills him?

8. What interrupts the robber in Mira's house in Part I?

9. Why does Lala have to leave the hospital with Baby alone?

10. How does Baby die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some similarities, and also some important differences, between Lala's and her mother Esme's paths in life? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What connections does Jones draw between Mira Whalen's upbringing as the illegitimate mixed-race child of a Black businessman in Barbados and her later marriage to Peter Whalen and her adult life in general? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Jones describe the evolution of Adan's character from a troubled child to a brutal murderer? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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