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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Myra always look?
(a) Sad.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Dull.

2. How does the Bishop feel about the nuns?
(a) They are very lax.
(b) They need to mind their own business.
(c) They are too strict.
(d) They are excellent teachers.

3. What becomes of Antoinette's mother after they leave Coulibri?
(a) She divorces her husband.
(b) She moves to England with her husband.
(c) She agrees to take care of her sick aunt.
(d) She goes insane.

4. Who is Antoinette following in her dream?
(a) CoCo.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Pierre.
(d) A man.

5. How does Antoinette's demeanor change after she leaves school?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is a perfect young lady.
(c) She is bitter.
(d) She is increasingly confused about the past and present.

6. Who is Christophine?
(a) A servant who lives in Spanish Town.
(b) The estate owner's best friend.
(c) A former slave who has stayed on as a servant.
(d) A Creole woman related to the estate owner.

7. Where do the newly married Mason's spend their honeymoon?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) London.
(c) Spanish Town.
(d) Dominica.

8. 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) There is a slave uprising in Spanish Town.
(d) England and France are at war over the ownership of the West Indies.

9. Where does Christophine go to live?
(a) With Mr. Mason.
(b) With her son.
(c) To Trinidad.
(d) Back to Coulibri.

10. What is Antoinette's favorite picture?
(a) "The Miller's Daughter".
(b) "The Dancer".
(c) A portrait of her with her brother.
(d) A portrait of her father and mother.

11. What does Antoinette remember when she is speaking with the nun after her dream?
(a) She likes to eat cake.
(b) She misses Christophene.
(c) She wants to move to England.
(d) That her mother is dead.

12. Where is Aunt Cora returning from?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Dominica.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) England.

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

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

15. How does Antoinette feel about the garden?
(a) She dislikes that is overgrown and unkept.
(b) She believes the garden is magical.
(c) She believes it is beautiful and must be like the garden in the Bible.
(d) She is afraid to go there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Antoinette walking towards in her dream?

2. Who goes with Antoinette to visit her mother?

3. What type of stories are read to the school girls when they do their needle work?

4. How do the nuns describe beauty to Antoinette?

5. What does Antoinette recognize about her mother when she first goes to visit her after moving from Coulibri Estate?

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