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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Clare return home early during her visit with Liz, in "Chapter 5"?
(a) Liz ends their meeting early.
(b) She is starting to get sick.
(c) She feels out of place.
(d) She is tired.

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

3. Where does Christopher get the nickname "the watchman"?
(a) He gives it to himself.
(b) From a child.
(c) From a song.
(d) From a newspaper article.

4. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare imagine women doing for their children?
(a) Saving them from danger.
(b) Feeding them the best food.
(c) Living quiet lives.
(d) Superhuman feats.

5. How does Clare know Liz?
(a) Through school.
(b) They are related.
(c) Through work.
(d) They meet a grocery store.

6. How does Bobby feel about Clare returning to be with her family?
(a) He thinks that family is the strongest bond.
(b) He doesn't care about Clare's personal life.
(c) He thinks she will have to separate from them.
(d) He thinks she only returns out of guilt.

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

8. What question does the author ask, at the end of "Chapter 7"?
(a) Can you remember how to love her?
(b) How do we continue without her?
(c) Do you remember what she said?
(d) Is it possible to have a future?

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

10. What upsets Bobby about the nighttime?
(a) The silence.
(b) His nightmares.
(c) His inability to sleep.
(d) Clare's sleep talking.

11. In "Chapter 8," what does Clare tell Harry/Harriet about her mother?
(a) How in touch with the land she was.
(b) How she cooked dinner every night.
(c) How selfish she could be.
(d) How she taught herself to read and write.

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

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

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 taking after her mother.
(d) For getting an education.

15. Why do the Jamaican orphans have light skin?
(a) Their parents abandoned them for the United States.
(b) They are malnourished.
(c) They don't have light skin.
(d) They are interracial.

Short Answer Questions

1. While out with Liz in "Chapter 5," what does Clare see memorials to?

2. How does Clare return to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?

3. Where does the quote in "Chapter 5" originally come from?

4. What role did Bobby play in the Vietnam war?

5. Why do the people at Clare's university believe she is lucky?

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