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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. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?

2. What does John buy Adan in Chapter 15?

3. How does Adan know Dr. Thompson?

4. What does Wilma want Esme to do with her baby?

5. Who is Dr. Thompson's daugther?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What do Tone and Lala often do together when they become friends as youngsters?

5. What huge secret is Tone keeping from Adan?

6. What happens to Tone in his youth that generates great anguish and anger in him afterwards?

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

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

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

10. How does Lala get the money for Baby's funeral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

How does Wilma handle the aftermath of Esme's rape by Esme's father and Wilma's husband, Carson? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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