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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Bobby play in the Vietnam war?
(a) He organized anti-war rallys.
(b) He was a journalist in Vietnam.
(c) He was a general.
(d) He was a deserter.

2. When does Clare see the Jamaican orphans?
(a) As she drives through the mountains.
(b) After the murders of Paul's family.
(c) Before meeting her maternal aunt.
(d) As she is leaving for her plane.

3. What does Clare describe as being the "unquiet ground," in "Chapter 8"?
(a) The overgrown parts of Miss Mattie's property.
(b) The land where the slaves are buried.
(c) The Jamaican ports run by the United States.
(d) Herself.

4. Why does Harry/Harriet believe Clare should stay in Jamaica?
(a) Because she feels sad in other countries.
(b) Because he wants a friend.
(c) Because she is technically a native.
(d) Because she is intelligent.

5. What does Harry/Harriet eat in "Chapter 10" that upsets him?
(a) An iguana.
(b) Bread with drugs inside.
(c) An insect.
(d) A cow.

6. Why does the author ask what has happened to the woman, in "Chapter 7"?
(a) Because she wants to interview her.
(b) Because she is needed.
(c) Because she left mysteriously.
(d) Because they are related.

7. Where does Clare first go when she arrives in Jamaica?
(a) Her aunt's house.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Harry/Harriet's house.
(d) Miss Mattie's land.

8. In "Chapter 9," where does it say Christopher grew old?
(a) In Florida.
(b) On the streets.
(c) On a houseboat.
(d) In church.

9. In "Chapter 6," what group of people is killed in Jamaica?
(a) A group of elderly women.
(b) A group of American women.
(c) A group of soldiers.
(d) A group of farmers.

10. What do Clare's fellow students admire most about her?
(a) Her skin color.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her mind.
(d) Her communication skills.

11. While in Jamaica in "Chapter 5," why is Clare complimented?
(a) For coming back to Jamaica.
(b) For all the languages she knows.
(c) For taking after her mother.
(d) For getting an education.

12. In "Chapter 7," what is said to have happened to the woman's children?
(a) They stole her jewelry.
(b) They killed her.
(c) They were never born.
(d) They left her.

13. What does Clare do after meeting Bobby?
(a) Decides to move to Jamaica.
(b) Begins to write.
(c) Travels with him.
(d) Takes his picture.

14. Why does Harry/Harriet describe sugarcane as being dangerous?
(a) Because of the cost of it.
(b) Because of its sugar content.
(c) Because of its spikes.
(d) Because of the slaves who harvest it.

15. What does Clare do, at the end of "Chapter 10"?
(a) Begins to cry.
(b) Wakes up.
(c) Leaves with Harry/Harriet.
(d) Shakes the interviewers hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Cherry say about Jamaica?

2. In "Chapter 5," who does Harry/Harriet say raped him as a child?

3. Why does Clare visit a doctor in Jamaica?

4. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare tell the interviewer she has been doing since returning to Jamaica?

5. What happens to the white people in the quote, at the beginning of "Chapter 11"?

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