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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Matha go to school?
(a) A boys' school.
(b) She does not go to school.
(c) An English boarding school.
(d) A girls' school.

2. Why is Agnes furious at her husband at the end of the chapter?
(a) For leaving her.
(b) For cheating on her.
(c) For deporting Lionel Heath.
(d) For ignoring her.

3. Who kidnaps Sylvia?
(a) Cookie.
(b) Grace.
(c) Matha.
(d) Godfrey.

4. Who escapes Italy with Sibilla?
(a) The Colonel.
(b) Sam.
(c) Percy Clark.
(d) Frederico.

5. Where is the narrator in the early twentieth century?
(a) Africa.
(b) America.
(c) Australia.
(d) Italy.

6. Who marries Balaji?
(a) Matha.
(b) Cookie.
(c) Naila.
(d) Isa.

7. Who is Matha's brother?
(a) Matt.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Mulenga.
(d) Marcus.

8. Where does Loveness live?
(a) In an apartment.
(b) In a condo.
(c) In a security hut.
(d) In a big house.

9. Who gets sent to prison?
(a) Matha's father.
(b) Nkoloso.
(c) Matha.
(d) Matha's sister.

10. What does Sibilla do every night at Villa Serra?
(a) Spins for party guests.
(b) Sings for party guests.
(c) Screams for party guests.
(d) Drinks for party guests.

11. Who is SImon?
(a) A cook.
(b) A butler.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A housekeeper.

12. Who is Grace?
(a) Matha's daughter.
(b) Matha's aunt.
(c) Matha's cousin.
(d) Matha's mother.

13. Who does Agnes meet while he is studying abroad?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Reggie.
(c) Rick.
(d) Lee.

14. Who gets beaten in front of Matha?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Godfrey.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Nkoloso.

15. Who in Matha's family goes to prison?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her cousin.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Matha have to keep a secret at school?

2. Who gets deported back to the U.K.?

3. Why does Isa not want to have more than one child?

4. What does Agnes not realize about Ronald until he tells her?

5. Who teaches Matha to read?

(see the answer keys)

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