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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 the person who wakes Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9 ask her for?

2. What does Adan buy Lala when she is pregant even though they are very expensive?

3. Who is really Lala's father?

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

5. Who does Wilma send Esme to live with in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the one-armed sister lose her arm?

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

7. What does Mira Whalen sometimes feel she is being punished for?

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

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

10. What does Lala like to do on the beach to earn money?

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Jones describe daily life for women in Barbados like Lala, Wilma, Esme, and the Queen of Sheba? What are some of the most significant challenges, dangers, and barriers to their being able to reach their full potential? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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