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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 step are the boarders at Queenie's supposed to step over because it creaks?

2. What was the name of Aunt Dorothy's dog?

3. At the end of Chapter 37, where were Bernard and the men he served with sent?

4. In Chapter 38, what was the name of a man who refused to pick up a corpse?

5. In Chapter 20, how does Gilbert wake Hortense?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bernard think about his future as he sailed home?

2. Why did Bernard and the others in his unit get a holiday and three days beer ration in Chapter 37?

3. Who was Maxi?

4. Where did Queenie start working and what was her job like?

5. In Chapter 41, who did Bernard speak to who escaped the basha, and what did the man tell him?

6. Why was Bernard accused of deserting his post in Chapter 42?

7. In Chapter 39, what was known about a riot in Calcutta?

8. What does Gilbert ask Hortense to do before he gets home?

9. What is Gilbert pleased to find Queenie Bligh at first?

10. Why is Hortense reluctant to buy a loaf of bread?

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

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?

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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