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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobby reveal about his wound after Clare becomes pregnant?
(a) That he did it to himself.
(b) That he's had it since before the war.
(c) That he is infected with a nerve toxin.
(d) That it hurts less now.

2. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare describe to Harry/Harriet?
(a) Her childhood in New York.
(b) Her plans for Jamaica.
(c) The university in London.
(d) The people she remembers.

3. What insect does Clare spot in her hospital room?
(a) A large horsefly.
(b) A blue butterfly.
(c) A striped bee.
(d) A black moth.

4. How is Clare's London apartment described?
(a) Small.
(b) Crowded.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Full of light.

5. In "Chapter 5," who does Harry/Harriet say raped him as a child?
(a) A black man.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A white man.

6. What nationality is Bobby?
(a) English.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Canadian.
(d) American.

7. What does Clare say her solitude in London led to?
(a) The desire to travel.
(b) Forgiving her mother.
(c) Learning about herself.
(d) Feeling oppressed.

8. What does the interviewer in "Chapter 10" want to better?
(a) Jamaican relationships with America.
(b) The lives of Jamaica children.
(c) The crime in Jamaica.
(d) Jamaican crops.

9. In "Chapter 6," how does Bobby react when Clare says she is going to get food in the middle of the night?
(a) He is worried that she will get lost.
(b) He thinks she is halucinating.
(c) He thinks she will leave him for good.
(d) He asks to come with her.

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

11. When Harry/Harriet visits Clare in the hospital in "Chapter 8," what big news does she share?
(a) That she has started a revolution.
(b) That she is living as a woman full-time.
(c) That she is going to a French university.
(d) That her parents have been giving her money.

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

13. What does the proverb in "Chapter 10" say about black people's deaths?
(a) They are never natural.
(b) They don't exist.
(c) They are more painful.
(d) They are forgotten.

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

15. What does the woman in "Chapter 7" call the items in her pocket?
(a) Soul dust.
(b) People poison.
(c) Grave dirt.
(d) Life crumbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 5," what choice does Harry/Harriet tell Clare she will have to make?

2. What does Bobby do when Clare asks him about the Vietnam war?

3. In "Chapter 7," what is the woman said to have in her bag?

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

5. Why does the film crew come to Jamaica?

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