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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't Antoinette like her husband calling her Bertha?
(a) She thinks the name is ugly.
(b) She thinks the name is too formal, too British.
(c) She thinks he is trying to turn her into someone else.
(d) It is not her name.

2. What does Antoinette ask her husband about England?
(a) Is it cold there?
(b) Is it true it is like a dream?
(c) Does he miss England?
(d) Will they go to live there?

3. What is Mrs. Cosway's situation at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is an important part of Spanish Town society.
(b) She is moving to England with her children.
(c) She is the loving and caring mother of two children.
(d) She is a poor widow of five years.

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

5. What does Antoinette pray for?
(a) Her mother to get well.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) A husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does a nameless boy sob in front of Antoinette and her husband?

2. What is wrong with Pierre as a child?

3. Why do Tia and Antoinette cease to be friends?

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

5. How long has Annette been a widow?

(see the answer key)

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