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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter 5," what choice does Harry/Harriet tell Clare she will have to make?
(a) About who to marry.
(b) About how to make money.
(c) About where to live.
(d) About what do say to her father.

2. Why do the people at Clare's university believe she is lucky?
(a) For being Jamaican.
(b) For getting to travel.
(c) For not knowing her mother.
(d) For avoiding brain damage.

3. Why won't Charles help Christopher find his grandmother's body?
(a) He thinks it has been too long.
(b) He is afraid of death.
(c) He believes Christopher should do it himself.
(d) He is too busy to help.

4. Where are the words "no telephone to heaven" painted?
(a) On a billboard.
(b) On a truck.
(c) On a government building.
(d) On a shack.

5. In "Chapter 2," how does being far from home affect some Jamaicans?
(a) They feel free because of it.
(b) They gain power from it.
(c) They are sad with it.
(d) They are frustrated with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clare say her solitude in London led to?

2. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare imagine comes to visit her in a taxi?

3. What does Clare say happened to Kitty's letters over the years?

4. While in London, how did Clare spend her days?

5. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?

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