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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many times has Antoinette had the dream when she describes it so vividly in Part One?
(a) Three times.
(b) She does not say.
(c) This is the second time.
(d) This is the first time.

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

5. How does Antoinette feel in her dream?
(a) Safe.
(b) Giddy.
(c) Curious.
(d) Afraid.

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

7. How long after they were married do the Mason's start having trouble?
(a) When the new servants quit.
(b) Less than a month.
(c) Over a year.
(d) After their honeymoon.

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

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

10. How does Antoinette feel about the convent?
(a) It makes her happy.
(b) It is her refuge.
(c) It is sad and depressing.
(d) It is a prison.

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

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

13. What kind of food do the Mason's eat?
(a) Rich, delicioius, spicey food.
(b) Mostly French food.
(c) Traditional Jamaican food.
(d) English food.

14. How does Antoinette describe everything at her school?
(a) Brightness or dark.
(b) Grey like the stones.
(c) Very colorful.
(d) Cool and soothing.

15. What is the importance of the green parrot, Coco?
(a) The parrot squawks loudly to warn the family a fire broke out in the mansion.
(b) The parrote belongs to one of the family servants.
(c) The parrot dies in front of the family, which is very bad luck in Jamaica.
(d) The parrot is a favorite childhood pet of Antoinette's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Aunt Cora returning from?

3. What else does Antoinette say she dreams in Part One?

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

5. What does the nun give Antoinette after wakes up from her dream?

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