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

2. In "Chapter 8," where does Clare look for Bobby?
(a) Florence.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

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

4. Why does Harry/Harriet believe Clare should stay in Jamaica?
(a) Because she feels sad in other countries.
(b) Because she is technically a native.
(c) Because he wants a friend.
(d) Because she is intelligent.

5. In "Chapter 7," what is said to have happened to the woman's children?
(a) They killed her.
(b) They stole her jewelry.
(c) They left her.
(d) They were never born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What upsets Bobby about the nighttime?

2. Why does Clare return home early during her visit with Liz, in "Chapter 5"?

3. What does Bobby reveal about his wound after Clare becomes pregnant?

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

5. Where does the woman emit flames, in "Chapter 7"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of questions does the interviewer ask Clare?

2. Why does Clare say the burial grounds on Miss Mattie's land is "unquiet"?

3. What does Clare do when she arrives at the movie set, in "Chapter 11"?

4. What happens when Clare sees the Jamaican orphans?

5. What happens when Clare discovers she is pregnant, in "Chapter 6"?

6. What happens to Clare during her ship ride to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?

7. How does Bobby react to his nightmares?

8. What does Harry/Harriet tell Clare about sugarcane?

9. What does Clare do when she arrives at Miss Mattie's land, in "Chapter 8"?

10. Why does Clare search Paris, in "Chapter 8"?

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