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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 is Wilma's last name?

2. Who is really Lala's father?

3. What happens to the baby in Chapter 6?

4. What does Wilma tell Esme about what Carson has done to her in Chapter 11?

5. What story does Wilma tell Lala in the Prologue?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mira want more than anything after she marries Peter?

4. Why does Wilma tell Lala the story of the one-armed sister?

5. Whose fault does Adan tell Lala he thinks Peter Whalen's murder is?

6. What surprises Sergeant Beckles so much about Wilma's story about Baby?

7. Why does Mira repeatedly take the children to the convenience store in the middle of the night?

8. What is Tone's idea to try to avoid the consequences of Baby's death?

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

10. Why does Lala go out to find Adan in the middle of the night early in Part I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between people like Adan, Tone and Lala to tourists in Barbados? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jones explain and describe the rapid disintegration of Tone's and Adan's relationship in the latter part of this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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