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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is Mrs. Cosway's situation at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is the loving and caring mother of two children.
(b) She is a poor widow of five years.
(c) She is moving to England with her children.
(d) She is an important part of Spanish Town society.

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

11. Who rescues Antoinette from being harassed and taunted by a mean boy and girl near the end of Part One?
(a) Alexander.
(b) Aunt Cora.
(c) Sandi.
(d) Sass.

12. What does Antoinette call her step-father one night?
(a) Father.
(b) Papa.
(c) White pappy.
(d) Mr. Mason.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoinette wear in her dream?

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

3. What becomes of Antoinette's mother after they leave Coulibri?

4. What is wrong with Pierre as a child?

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

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