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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. 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.

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

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

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

5. Why do the people at Clare's university believe she is lucky?
(a) For not knowing her mother.
(b) For being Jamaican.
(c) For avoiding brain damage.
(d) For getting to travel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Harry/Harriet believe Clare should stay in Jamaica?

3. While in London, how did Clare spend her days?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clare travel throughout Europe with Bobby?

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

3. Why does Harry/Harriet believe that Clare should stay in Jamaica?

4. Why is Clare interviewed, in "Chapter 10"?

5. How is the woman in "Chapter 7" described?

6. Why is Clare admired at her school in London?

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

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

9. What do Clare and Harry/Harriet do during her visit to Jamaica?

10. When the author describes Bobby's past, what does she talk about?

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