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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the interviewer talk about Anansi?
(a) Clare doesn't know why.
(b) Because he is Jamaica's leader.
(c) Because it is a folklore character.
(d) Because she is Clare's friend.

2. Why is Harry referred to as Harry/Harriet?
(a) Because he has two names.
(b) Because he hates his real name.
(c) Because Harry is short for Harriet.
(d) Because he is transgendered.

3. Why does the interviewer talk to Clare?
(a) To practice speaking English.
(b) To learn about the United States.
(c) To see if she will fit with his group.
(d) To write an article about her.

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

5. Why does the narrator say that Clare puts stress on places?
(a) Because she talks about where she has lived.
(b) Because she describes her bedroom.
(c) Because she focuses on the land.
(d) Because she says she is looking for her place.

6. How does Clare die?
(a) Her infection kills her.
(b) She is stabbed by a native in the brush.
(c) She is shot by a helicopter.
(d) She is in a car accident.

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

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

9. What does Miss Cherry say about Jamaica?
(a) That it is richer than ever.
(b) That it is troubled.
(c) That it has too many white people.
(d) That it has the best food in the world.

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

11. Where does the woman emit flames, in "Chapter 7"?
(a) From her eyes.
(b) From her hands.
(c) From her soul.
(d) From a torch.

12. Where does Harry/Harriet say he was sent after his rape?
(a) To the capital.
(b) To the Dungle.
(c) To Florida.
(d) To Mexico.

13. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare tell the interviewer she has been doing since returning to Jamaica?
(a) Writing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Building homes.
(d) Banking.

14. Why does the narrator say Christopher didn't see the newspaper headlines about the murders?
(a) Because he was too drunk.
(b) Because he can't read.
(c) Because he lived in the country.
(d) Because he refused to look at the papers.

15. Where does the quote in "Chapter 5" originally come from?
(a) A song.
(b) A Bible passage.
(c) A newspaper article.
(d) A poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 9," what is said happened to Christopher after the murders he committed?

2. What does the woman in "Chapter 7" call the items in her pocket?

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

4. Where does Clare first go when she arrives in Jamaica?

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

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