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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. Where do Lala and Tone first have sex?

2. What does Tone show Lala in Chapter 22 that he has shown almost no one else?

3. Who does Mira confess some details about her feelings about her affair to?

4. Who does Mira have an affair with?

5. What does Tone remember the most about Lala from when they first met?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident prompts Adan's first beating by his Auntie Petra?

2. Why does Tone bring Jacinthe to Lala's and Adan's house in the first place?

3. Who keeps coming to see Lala after Baby's death when Adan is not at home, and how does Lala greet this person?

4. What does Tone show Lala that he has not shown to almost anyone else?

5. Who teaches Adan the ins and outs of a life of crime?

6. Why does Tone feel partially responsible for Baby's death?

7. What is Adan fixated on, strangely, after Baby's funeral?

8. What story does Adan start telling just between himself and Lala about Baby's death?

9. What proposition does Adan bring to Tone in Part IV?

10. How does Mira feel after Peter's children leave with their mother, Peter's first wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Why is it so important to Lala, Wilma, and Adan to have a large and lavish funeral for Baby, and what does this preference indicate about Barbadian culture? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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