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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 do Irene and Brian agree on about Clare?
(a) Clare should remain with John.
(b) Clare should divorce John.
(c) Clare should not be encouraged to return to the black world.
(d) Clare should be encouraged to return to the black world.

2. Clare can pass as _________.
(a) Black.
(b) Asian.
(c) White.
(d) Latino.

3. What relationship did the woman have to Irene?
(a) Colleague.
(b) Niece.
(c) Childhood friend.
(d) Cousin.

4. Irene thinks the woman who sits near her at the hotel looks _____________.
(a) Homely.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Attractive.
(d) Cute.

5. Whom do Irene and Gertrude talk about?
(a) Clare's father.
(b) Clare and John.
(c) John Bellew.
(d) Clare.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Irene plan to get back from the printers?

2. Who talked Brian out of moving to Brazil?

3. Who leaves the table at the hotel?

4. What does Irene want to drink when she finishes shopping?

5. What is the name of the woman who comes to Claire's table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clare tell Irene in the note she sent to Irene?

2. When did Irene become reacquainted with her childhood friend, Clare Kendry? What were the circumstances?

3. When does Irene decide to write Clare back? How has she decided to respond?

4. How was Clare secretive when she ran into Irene?

5. How does Brian respond to Irene's concerns about Junior?

6. Where does Irene travel to the day after her meeting with Clare? How does Irene first respond to Clare's note?

7. How do Irene and Gertrude feel after they leave the meeting with Clare and John?

8. How does Brian and Irene's trip to the printer's business turn out? Who leaves mad?

9. Whom else did Clare invite along when she meets Irene? What do Clare and the other guest have in common?

10. What does Clare dislike about being able to pass for white?

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