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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 Adan do sometimes on good days with Lala?

2. Where does Lala sit with Baby in her arms on the beach for a long while?

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

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

5. What happens to Esme in Chapter 11 that becomes a terrible family secret?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What problems does Sam have following Peter's death?

8. What has Mira Whalen's mother always advocated?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is someone like Wilma's relationship to the police in Barbados different to someone like Lala's relationship to the police, and what accounts for these differences? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Tone come up with the idea of pretending Baby was kidnapped following baby's accidental death, and what is he trying to achieve with his plan? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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