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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. Whose idea is it to invite Sergeant Brown to address the Wholesale Provision Merchants' Association?
(a) Chin.
(b) Hampton.
(c) Zhang.
(d) Finley.

2. In Chapter 1, what day of the week does Gloria tell Pao that he can come over?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. How many days was Bustamante in jail for the mayhem in North Parade?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. The ring that Pao buys Fay is __________ gold.
(a) 5K.
(b) 14K.
(c) 10K.
(d) 22K.

5. Who does Zhang think that Pao should marry?
(a) A Jamaican girl.
(b) A Chinese girl.
(c) Cicely.
(d) Gloria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the waitress who is with Meacham's daughter during the murders?

2. How old is Pao when he is in complete control of Chinatown?

3. Where did Fay's mother used to lock Fay when Fay was a child?

4. How long had white men been beating Jamaican women?

5. What is Sergeant Brown's first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What payment did Zhang get when he first worked for Chin?

2. How does Chin introduce Sergeant Brown for the Wholesale Provision Merchants' Association?

3. Who is Henry Wong?

4. What does Gloria cook Pao when he comes to dinner for the first time at her house?

5. In the 1940s, Kingston was bursting with U.S. sailors. Who visited Jamaica in the 1950s?

6. What does Gloria do when Pao comes to see her on the Tuesday after he tells her about his marriage?

7. Who is Zhang?

8. Why doesn't Manley want Jamaica to leave the West Indies Federation and why does Busta want Jamaica to leave the Federation?

9. Why does Zhang say that the Jamaicans riot?

10. Why doesn't Finley want to hire Samuels?

(see the answer keys)

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