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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the importance of the green parrot, Coco?
(a) The parrot dies in front of the family, which is very bad luck in Jamaica.
(b) The parrot squawks loudly to warn the family a fire broke out in the mansion.
(c) The parrote belongs to one of the family servants.
(d) The parrot is a favorite childhood pet of Antoinette's.

2. What is wrong with Pierre as a child?
(a) He tries to kill his sister.
(b) He staggers when he walks and cannot speak clearly.
(c) He finds out his father is a former slave owner.
(d) He falls off his horse and is badly injured.

3. What significant event occurs just before the story begins?
(a) The slaves are emancipated.
(b) Jamaica is a former colony that wins its independence from England.
(c) England and France are at war over the ownership of the West Indies.
(d) There is a slave uprising in Spanish Town.

4. Part One is told from whose point of view?
(a) Aunt Cora's.
(b) Christophine's.
(c) Antoinette's.
(d) Annette's.

5. Who are Godfrey and Sass?
(a) Two wealthy plantation owners near Coulibri.
(b) Troublemakers who spread gossip about former slave owners.
(c) English suitors of the Mason widow.
(d) Two former slaves who stay on as Cosway servants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoinette call her step-father one night?

2. Where and what is Spanish Town?

3. Where is Aunt Cora returning from?

4. What is a glacis?

5. What does Antoinette wear in her dream?

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