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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antoinette recognize about her mother when she first goes to visit her after moving from Coulibri Estate?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her hair and dress.
(c) Her beautiful smile.
(d) The perfume she wears.

2. What happens to Antoinette when she grows into a young lady of about seventeen?
(a) Mr. Mason introduces her to "proper society".
(b) She becomes a nanny.
(c) She moves to England.
(d) She marries Sandi.

3. How do the nuns describe beauty to Antoinette?
(a) It is transcendent.
(b) It is a mortal sin,
(c) Beauty comes from the soul.
(d) It is to be greatly desired.

4. Why does a nameless boy sob in front of Antoinette and her husband?
(a) Baptiste beat him.
(b) His mother died.
(c) He was caught stealing.
(d) He wants to leave the island with them.

5. Who does Mr. Mason want to hire as servants?
(a) Mannie and Myra.
(b) Proper British servants.
(c) Coolies.
(d) Baptiste and Jo Jo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoinette hear from her bedroom one night?

2. What is Antoinette's husband's first impression of the cottage?

3. What is a glacis?

4. Where does Antoinette go soon after she leaves Coulibri Estate?

5. In Part 1, why is Aunt Cora concerned about the family just after Antoinette's mother remarried?

(see the answer key)

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