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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author of the letter want Antoinette's husband to do?
(a) It is a blackmail letter demanding money.
(b) Contact the local magistrate.
(c) Leave the island immediately because his life is in danger.
(d) Visit the sender to learn the truth about his wife.

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

3. Where and what is Spanish Town?
(a) It is a slum located in Negril.
(b) It is a small shanty town near the Coulibri estate.
(c) It is a port city in Dominica.
(d) It is a large, sophisticated town in Jamaica.

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

5. When has Antoinette been to the cottage before?
(a) This is her first time to the cottage.
(b) With her family to get away from the hot weather in summer.
(c) Once with her Aunt Cora.
(d) She has been there three times before.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grace say she believes about Antoinette/Bertha's behavior in Part Three?

2. What are the sounds Antoinette/Bertha hears all her life?

3. Who is Antoinette following in her dream?

4. Who narrates the story for a brief time mid-way through Part Two?

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

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