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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 Lala doing when Sergeant Beckles asks her more questions about Baby in Chapter 20?

2. What is Mira doing when she suffers her third miscarriage?

3. Who does Adan tell Lala he thinks is acting strangely in Chapter 18?

4. Where does Esme work for a while in her youth following Lala's birth?

5. Who was the regular client Tone was with the night Baby died?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are some reasons Lala does not leave Adan after he starts beating her?

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

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

5. Who takes care of Mira after Peter's death, and how does this person act around Mira?

6. What does Tone remember most about Lala from their youth?

7. What huge secret is Tone keeping from Adan?

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

9. Who does Adan rob and beat many years later from his own childhood?

10. Why is Sergeant Beckles so anxious to solve the mystery of Baby's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is the issue of Lala's name - and which characters in the novel call her by which name - so symbolically important? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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