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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Antoinette's husband feel about Creoles of pure English descent?
(a) They no different than European English.
(b) They are not really English or European.
(c) They are beautiful people.
(d) They are just as proper as European English.

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

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

4. Who is the first new character the reader meets in Part Two?
(a) Amelie.
(b) Jo Jo.
(c) James.
(d) Baptiste.

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

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

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

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

9. What has just happened at the beginning of Part Two?
(a) Antionette's husband has just married Antoinette.
(b) A funeral.
(c) Antionette's husband is called away on business.
(d) A terrible hurricane destroyed Massacre.

10. What memory does Antoinette's husband have of his wedding ceremony?
(a) Very little of the actual ceremony,
(b) How excited he was.
(c) Every detail as if it were yesterday.
(d) How beautiful Antoinette looks.

11. Who does Antoinette recall arguing with before her wedding?
(a) Tia and Josephine.
(b) Baptiste and Jo Jo.
(c) Her mother and step-father.
(d) Aunt Cora and Richard Mason.

12. Why does a nameless boy sob in front of Antoinette and her husband?
(a) He was caught stealing.
(b) His mother died.
(c) Baptiste beat him.
(d) He wants to leave the island with them.

13. Why doesn't Antoinette's husband like the her name "Antoinette"?
(a) It is to hard for him to pronounce.
(b) It is a French name.
(c) He finds out it is her mother's name.
(d) It isn't a proper name for a lady.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are waiting for Antoinette and her husband when the arrive at their honeymoon cottage?

2. How does Antoinette tell her husband she feels about the idea of happiness?

3. What does Antoinette's husband wonder after he writes his father a letter?

4. What happens to Antoinette's inheritance in Part 2?

5. What is Antoinette's husband's impression of the people living on the honeymoon island?

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