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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. Who takes Queenie around the Empire Exhibition while her parents visit on their own?

2. In Chapter 3, where does Michael Roberts go after the hurricane?

3. While in an American military camp, how often were Gilbert and his comrades allowed to leave the camp?

4. What was the name of Hortense's mother?

5. What was the name of the school where Hortense taught after college?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who were Hortense's parents?

3. What did Gilbert and Hortense wear when they were married?

4. What is the house like where Hortense goes to find her husband in Chapter 1?

5. How did Gilbert manage to leave a tea shop when some GIs were hassling him?

6. Why did Gilbert struggle to find a place to leave when he returned to England, and how did he finally find a place?

7. In Chapter 10, what sound does Hortense hear once she is in bed, and what is the noise?

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

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

10. Who was the principal of the teacher-training college in Kingston?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why is Queenie caught between socioeconomic groups or classes throughout her life?

Essay Topic 2

Refugee families are moved into Queenie’s neighborhood. How do neighbors react when refugee families are billeted in the neighborhood? Why are the neighbors so upset about having refugee families in the neighborhood?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What are the settings in Small Island? How do the settings evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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