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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. When does Clare see the Jamaican orphans?
(a) After the murders of Paul's family.
(b) As she is leaving for her plane.
(c) Before meeting her maternal aunt.
(d) As she drives through the mountains.

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

3. What does Bobby reveal about his wound after Clare becomes pregnant?
(a) That he's had it since before the war.
(b) That he did it to himself.
(c) That it hurts less now.
(d) That he is infected with a nerve toxin.

4. In "Chapter 9," what is said happened to Christopher after the murders he committed?
(a) He joined a church group.
(b) He started a small militia.
(c) He was never caught.
(d) He was arrested but found innocent at trial.

5. In "Chapter 7," what is the woman said to have in her bag?
(a) Money.
(b) Magic.
(c) Teeth.
(d) Charms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say that Clare puts stress on places?

2. In "Chapter 7," what is said to have happened to the woman's children?

3. Why does the film crew come to Jamaica?

4. When Harry/Harriet visits Clare in the hospital in "Chapter 8," what big news does she share?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the helicopter flies overhead during the film shoot?

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

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

4. What does Clare realize about Liz after they visit, in "Chapter 5"?

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

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

7. What does Clare do with her friend Liz, in "Chapter 5"?

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

9. Why are there Americans in Jamaica, in "Chapter 11"?

10. In "Chapter 5," what makes Clare decide to visit Jamaica?

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