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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 is Maypen Cemetery dug up?
(a) To build more city.
(b) No one knows why.
(c) To give the people their proper burials.
(d) To get the homeless population there to leave.

2. What does Clare say her solitude in London led to?
(a) The desire to travel.
(b) Forgiving her mother.
(c) Learning about herself.
(d) Feeling oppressed.

3. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare imagine comes to visit her in a taxi?
(a) A woman from the subway.
(b) Her aunt from New York.
(c) A professor.
(d) A man from school.

4. What does the woman know well, in "Chapter 7"?
(a) The songs that ease the sick.
(b) The land she hunts.
(c) The history of her family.
(d) The path home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare visit in Jamaica?

2. How does Clare know Liz?

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

4. What does the interviewer ask Clare about killing for food?

5. How does Bobby feel about Clare returning to be with her family?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Chapter 8," what does the doctor tell Clare?

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

3. What is the author worried about, in "Chapter 7"?

4. Why does Clare travel throughout Europe with Bobby?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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