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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Clare visit a doctor in Jamaica?
(a) Because she wants to find a cure for Bobby's leg.
(b) Because she has an infection.
(c) Because she wants to discuss getting pregnant.
(d) Because she is interviewing for a job.

4. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare imagine comes to visit her in a taxi?
(a) A professor.
(b) Her aunt from New York.
(c) A woman from the subway.
(d) A man from school.

5. Why does Harry/Harriet send Clare a letter, in "Chapter 6"?
(a) To say he misses her.
(b) To pass news along about Miss Mattie's land.
(c) To update her on political events in Jamaica.
(d) To find out more about Bobby.

6. How does Clare end up with the deed to Miss Mattie's land?
(a) She went to the government.
(b) Harry/Harriet forged one for her.
(c) Her aunt and uncle left it to her after they moved.
(d) She found it in her mother's old house.

7. How does Clare return to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?
(a) On a boat.
(b) In a helicopter.
(c) A series of bus rides and boat rides.
(d) On a plane.

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

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

10. Who ended up taking in Harry/Harriet after his rape?
(a) His birth mother.
(b) His aunt.
(c) His birth father.
(d) His uncle.

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

12. 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.

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

14. Why does Clare go to the film shooting location?
(a) To try to get in the movie.
(b) To shoot the people making the movie.
(c) To deliver supplies to the crew.
(d) To watch the movie being filmed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the child in the quote in the beginning of "Chapter 5" ask for?

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

3. In "Chapter 7," how is the woman described?

4. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare visit in Jamaica?

5. How does Clare know Liz?

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