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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 1, why is Aunt Cora concerned about the family just after Antoinette's mother remarried?
(a) Aunt Cora wants the family to move to Spanish town.
(b) Aunt Cora wants to sell the estate for money to live off of.
(c) Aunt Cora doesn't want money wasted to repair Coulibri Estate.
(d) The former slaves are angry at their former owners and pose a threat.

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

3. Where does Myra say everyone went?
(a) To hell.
(b) On a picnic.
(c) To a wedding.
(d) To town.

4. What type of stories are read to the school girls when they do their needle work?
(a) How to behave like ladies.
(b) Stories of Queen Victoria.
(c) The lives of saints.
(d) History of the British Empire.

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

6. Why do Tia and Antoinette cease to be friends?
(a) Antoinette moves away to Spanish Town.
(b) Antoinette is told she cannot be friends with Tia because Tia is black.
(c) Tia has to go work for another family in the West Indies.
(d) They have an argument at the "bathing pool."

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

8. In the story, how do the newly freed slaves behave towards their former white owners?
(a) They are discontent and some work grudginly for their former owners.
(b) They continue to work happily for their former owners.
(c) They don't care one way or the other about their former owners.
(d) They rebel and kill many of the former slaveowners.

9. Why does Antoinette resent the nuns' cheerful faces?
(a) They are only nice when visitors are there.
(b) They are mocking her.
(c) She is forced to stay with them.
(d) She believes they are safe.

10. 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 a poor widow of five years.
(c) She is the loving and caring mother of two children.
(d) She is moving to England with her children.

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

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

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

14. How long has Annette been a widow?
(a) Barely two years.
(b) Nearly five years.
(c) For one year.
(d) For ten years.

15. What does Antoinette remember that her mother hated?
(a) Cool shade.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Mr. Mason.
(d) Strong light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoinette pray for?

2. Where does Antoinette arrive in her dream?

3. What is the fate of Coulibri Estate?

4. Immediately following Antoinette's description of her dream, what does the nun tell Antoinette to do after they have talked?

5. How does Antoinette feel about the convent?

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