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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the porter from?
(a) Martinique.
(b) Somewhere else.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) He is a native of the island.

2. What does Antoinette ask her husband about England?
(a) Does he miss England?
(b) Is it true it is like a dream?
(c) Will they go to live there?
(d) Is it cold there?

3. What does the author of the letter want Antoinette's husband to do?
(a) Visit the sender to learn the truth about his wife.
(b) Leave the island immediately because his life is in danger.
(c) Contact the local magistrate.
(d) It is a blackmail letter demanding money.

4. What does Antoinette's husband wonder after he writes his father a letter?
(a) If his father is proud of him.
(b) How the letters get posted.
(c) When he will see his father again.
(d) What Antoinette is doing.

5. From whom does Antoinette's husband get a disturbing letter?
(a) His lawyer.
(b) Daniel Cosway.
(c) Aunt Cora.
(d) His father.

6. When Antoinette's husband is recalling the events during his marriage to Antoinette, what bargain does he make with her?
(a) He will be a good husband.
(b) He will trust her if she trusts him.
(c) He will bring her safety.
(d) He will always take care of her.

7. When has Antoinette been to the cottage before?
(a) With her family to get away from the hot weather in summer.
(b) This is her first time to the cottage.
(c) She has been there three times before.
(d) Once with her Aunt Cora.

8. What does Antoinette's husband write to Mr. Fraser in a personal letter?
(a) He wants arrangements made to return to Jamaica.
(b) He wants to have Daniel Cosway arrested.
(c) He enquires about his father's health.
(d) He is considering a book about obeah.

9. What does Antoinette mock her husband about on their way to the cottage?
(a) How cold he is.
(b) How silly he looks.
(c) His British mannerisms.
(d) England.

10. Why is Antoinette's marriage arranged?
(a) Antoinette is in love and asks for the marriage to be arranged.
(b) Her new husband is widowed and needs a mother for his daughter.
(c) The marriage is considered good for Antoinette considering her circumstances.
(d) Antoinette needs to marry a rich man.

11. What is the name of the main town near the "honeymoon cottage" of Part Two?
(a) Negril.
(b) Massacre.
(c) St. Pierre.
(d) Windward.

12. How do Antoinette and her husband get to the cottage?
(a) By stagecoach.
(b) In a private carriage.
(c) They walk.
(d) On horseback.

13. Who narrates most of Part Two?
(a) Mr. Mason.
(b) Antionette's husband.
(c) Antoinette.
(d) Christophine.

14. What is the weather like when the couple arrive on the island?
(a) Windy with the threat of a hurricane.
(b) The sun is blazing and it is extremely hot.
(c) Raining and hot.
(d) Sunny with a cool, refreshing breeze.

15. What does Antoinette's husband dream happens to him after he drinks the wine Antoinette gave him?
(a) His father is calling to him.
(b) He is back in England.
(c) He is buried alive.
(d) He is lost in the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to stare at the couple when they arrived from Jamaica?

2. How does Antoinette's husband feel things will look in the sun?

3. How does the porter feel about the island?

4. What is Patois?

5. What does Antoinette's husband see his wife do that upsets him?

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