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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When does Clare assume Bobby left her?
(a) When she went to the store for alcohol.
(b) After she fell asleep.
(c) While she was reading Harry/Harriet's letter.
(d) During her shower.

4. How does Clare know Miss Cherry?
(a) From her mother's letters.
(b) Through Harry/Harriet.
(c) From her childhood.
(d) She meets her for the first time, in "Chapter 10."

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

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

7. In "Chapter 6," what happens when Clare miscarries in the bed?
(a) Blood gets on Bobby.
(b) She cries to herself.
(c) She sleeps through it.
(d) Bobby runs away.

8. In "Chapter 9," what does the god described in the hymn do?
(a) Kill a family.
(b) Steal soldiers.
(c) Flood a town.
(d) Burn a village.

9. 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 is interviewing for a job.
(d) Because she wants to discuss getting pregnant.

10. While out with Liz in "Chapter 5," what does Clare see memorials to?
(a) George Washington.
(b) King George.
(c) Virgin Mary.
(d) Pochahontas.

11. Why does the film crew come to Jamaica?
(a) They are looking for black actors.
(b) They are making a documentary about revolution.
(c) They heard it was a good place to shoot a movie.
(d) They are lost.

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

13. What nickname is given to Vietnam soldiers, in "Chapter 6"?
(a) Organ harvesters.
(b) Killing machines.
(c) Troubled souls.
(d) Masters and fools.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is Bobby?

2. In "Chapter 8," what does Clare tell Harry/Harriet about her mother?

3. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare imagine women doing for their children?

4. What does Clare say her solitude in London led to?

5. Why does Harry/Harriet describe sugarcane as being dangerous?

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