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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Gilbert and his shipmates focused on when they traveled to America?

2. In Chapter 16, what rank was a white American soldier who told Gilbert to salute a superior officer?

3. In Chapter 4, was the name of the student that challenged Hortense the most?

4. How many students were in the first class that Hortense had to teach?

5. How old was Arthur Bligh when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hortense do when she left her government upper school?

2. In Chapter 14, why were some Black GIs going to Nottingham instead of Lincoln to meet some girls?

3. What was the worst hardship Gilbert had to put up with when he went into the RAF?

4. What were Butchers' Association trips?

5. What business did Gilbert's mother have and why?

6. What analogy did Gilbert use to explain why he joined the RAF?

7. What did Gilbert learn about a man who seemed to be following him in Chapter 15?

8. When Gilbert returned from the war, where were his siblings?

9. Who were Hortense's parents?

10. In Chapter 4, what news did Hortense receive of Michael Roberts?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Queenie decides to give up her baby. Why does Queenie decide to give up her baby? What does the decision reveal about her character and English society?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Small Island and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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