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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Mason frequently argue?
(a) Mrs. Mason does not want to send her children to school.
(b) Mr. Mason is having an affair with a black servant girl.
(c) Mr. Mason wants to sell Coulibri Estate.
(d) Mrs. Mason wants to move away from Coulibri Estate.

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

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

6. How does Antoinette feel on her first day at school?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is frightened.
(d) She is sad and cries.

7. Who owns Coulibri Estate at the beginning of the story?
(a) The Mason family.
(b) Antoinette Cosway.
(c) Annette Cosway.
(d) Mr. Rochester.

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

9. Where does Antoinette go soon after she leaves Coulibri Estate?
(a) A school for Creole girls in Spanish Town.
(b) She is sent to Dominca to attend school.
(c) She moves to England with her aunt.
(d) She moves to Trinidad with a servant.

10. Immediately following Antoinette's description of her dream, what does the nun tell Antoinette to do after they have talked?
(a) Think happy thoughts.
(b) Pray.
(c) Go back to bed.
(d) Stay awake for the rest of the night.

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

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

13. 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) History of the British Empire.
(d) The lives of saints.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is invited to spend the winter with Mr. Mason?

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

3. What is Antoinette's favorite picture?

4. How long after they were married do the Mason's start having trouble?

5. Why does Antoinette resent the nuns' cheerful faces?

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