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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is a glacis?
(a) A large covered porch.
(b) The French word for a glass.
(c) A look-out tower attached to a large manion.
(d) A large fan used to keep the house cool.

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

7. What does Antoinette wear in her dream?
(a) A beautiful white dress.
(b) A grey nightgown.
(c) A red satin gown.
(d) Tia's dress.

8. What is the fate of Coulibri Estate?
(a) It is where the family lives for many years.
(b) It is abandoned and falls into ruin.
(c) It is given to the former slaves as compensation.
(d) It is burned down by a mob of angry former slaves.

9. What does the nun give Antoinette after wakes up from her dream?
(a) A soothing bath.
(b) A stern lecture.
(c) A chocolate drink.
(d) A shot of rum.

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

11. What becomes of Pierre after the family leaves Coulibri Estate?
(a) He goes to school in England.
(b) He becomes a magistrate in the West Indies.
(c) He is cured from his childhood illness.
(d) He dies from injuries received in a fire.

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

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

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

15. What does Antoinette recognize about her mother when she first goes to visit her after moving from Coulibri Estate?
(a) Her hair and dress.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her beautiful smile.
(d) The perfume she wears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Myra always look?

2. What happens to Antoinette when she grows into a young lady of about seventeen?

3. Where does Antoinette go to school?

4. How does Antoinette feel on her first day at school?

5. How does Antoinette feel about the garden?

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