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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Antoinette go to school?
(a) Queen Victoria's Royal Academy.
(b) Saint Mary's.
(c) Mount Calvary Convent.
(d) Spanish Town School for GIrls.

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

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

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

5. What becomes of Antoinette's mother after they leave Coulibri?
(a) She agrees to take care of her sick aunt.
(b) She goes insane.
(c) She moves to England with her husband.
(d) She divorces her husband.

6. Where does Antoinette arrive in her dream?
(a) An enclosed garden.
(b) On a ship.
(c) On a mountain.
(d) An open field.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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 parrot dies in front of the family, which is very bad luck in Jamaica.
(c) The parrot is a favorite childhood pet of Antoinette's.
(d) The parrote belongs to one of the family servants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the nuns describe beauty to Antoinette?

2. Who is Christophine?

3. How many times has Antoinette had the dream when she describes it so vividly in Part One?

4. What significant event occurs just before the story begins?

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

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