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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the opening quote of "Chapter 3," what is the lover?
(a) A fool.
(b) A president.
(c) A criminal.
(d) An assassin.

2. When Kitty has a flashback in "Chapter 3," what does she remember waking her up at night?
(a) Barking dogs.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) A nightmare.
(d) Crying children.

3. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?
(a) To be cleared for agriculture.
(b) To build apartment buildings.
(c) To prove English power.
(d) To try to help the native farmers.

4. How is Miss Mattie's granddaughter's skin described?
(a) Light.
(b) Mottled.
(c) Dark.
(d) Medium.

5. Who used to own the land the men and women in the truck reclaimed?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Miss Mattie.
(c) Rupert Goldstein.
(d) Mr. Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Paul consider Clare to be cold when he was still alive?

2. What does Boy do at the laundry?

3. Whose headstone does Kitty visit at the cemetery?

4. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?

5. After Kitty's death, what does Clare feel she must do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Kitty have, in "Chapter 3"?

2. What has happened to the house described, in "Chapter 1"?

3. What is ruinate?

4. What flashback occurs in "Chapter 3"?

5. Why is ganja important to the soldiers?

6. What does Christopher do, at the end of "Chapter 2"?

7. How does Clare feel about her relationship with Kitty after Kitty returns to Jamaica?

8. What happens when Clare asks Jennie about their mother, in "Chapter 4"?

9. What happens when the Hispanic woman comes into the laundry, in "Chapter 3"?

10. What is revealed about Paul and Christopher when they talk to each other, in "Chapter 2"?

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