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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are waiting for Antoinette and her husband when the arrive at their honeymoon cottage?
(a) A group of negores.
(b) Their neighbors.
(c) Visitors from Jamaica.
(d) Servants dressed in new uniforms.

2. How does the porter feel about the island?
(a) It is better than Jamaica.
(b) He doesn't say.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is not civilized.

3. What advice does Christophine give Antoinette regarding fears about her husband?
(a) Speak to her husband and make him understand.
(b) Stop worrying and be happy she is married to a wonderful man.
(c) Cry and act weak to gain her husband's sympathy.
(d) Take over running the household like a good wife should.

4. What does Antoinette say about the earth on the estate?
(a) It is slippery.
(b) It is good for growing.
(c) It is red there.
(d) It is sandy.

5. What does Antoinette's husband question Amelie about?
(a) Why she is always giggling.
(b) Her argument with Christopeine.
(c) Where his wife is.
(d) The curious letter she delivered to him.

6. Why doesn't Antoinette like her husband calling her Bertha?
(a) It is not her name.
(b) She thinks the name is ugly.
(c) She thinks the name is too formal, too British.
(d) She thinks he is trying to turn her into someone else.

7. What is Antoinette's husband's name?
(a) He is never named in "Wide Sargasso Sea".
(b) Alexander Cosway.
(c) Richard Mason.
(d) Mr. Rochester.

8. What happens to Antoinette's husband when he wakes up from his rum-induced sleep?
(a) He argues with his wife.
(b) He writes a letter to his father.
(c) He asks for a stong pot of coffee.
(d) He wanders into the forest and gets lost.

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

10. How are Antoinette and her husband feeling when they leave the "honeymoon house?"
(a) They are sad to leave such a beautiful place.
(b) They hate each other.
(c) They look forward to a new life in England.
(d) They have reconciled their differences.

11. Who does Antoinette's husband decide to visit concerning the letter he received?
(a) A priest.
(b) The letter's author.
(c) His lawyer.
(d) The chief magistrate.

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

13. How does Antoinette's husband feel things will look in the sun?
(a) Romantic.
(b) Vivid.
(c) Frightening.
(d) Different.

14. How many children does Christophine have?
(a) Twin boys.
(b) One son.
(c) A son and a daughter.
(d) Three.

15. What does Antoinette's husband see his wife do that upsets him?
(a) Sneak into his study and read his journal.
(b) Mistreat one of the servants.
(c) Poison his wine.
(d) Kiss a former lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antoinette do when she and her husband reach the boundary of the estate?

2. What does Antoinette's husband say happens the day before the wedding ceremony?

3. What is the weather like when the couple arrive on the island?

4. Who does Antoinette recall arguing with before her wedding?

5. What shocks Antoinette's husband too much to speak?

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