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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What significant event occurs just before the story begins?
(a) There is a slave uprising in Spanish Town.
(b) The slaves are emancipated.
(c) Jamaica is a former colony that wins its independence from England.
(d) England and France are at war over the ownership of the West Indies.

2. How does Antoinette feel when Mr. Mason tells her about their visitor(s)?
(a) Dismay.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Excited.
(d) Uncertain.

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

4. What does Antoinette wear in her dream?
(a) A grey nightgown.
(b) A red satin gown.
(c) A beautiful white dress.
(d) Tia's dress.

5. How long has Annette been a widow?
(a) For ten years.
(b) Barely two years.
(c) Nearly five years.
(d) For one year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antoinette feel on her first day at school?

2. Why does Antoinette resent the nuns' cheerful faces?

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

4. What does Antoinette call her step-father one night?

5. How does Antoinette describe everything at her school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Antoinette's husband witness any behavior in Antoinette that confirms his concern about her?

2. What fascinates Antoinette as she begins her narrative in Part Three?

3. What thoughts about England does Antoinette disclose to her husband?

4. Does Antoinette believe Christophine is an "obeah" woman?

5. How does Antoinette get a knife in Part Three?

6. How does Antoinette feel when she first visits the convent school?

7. Does Grace Poole seem to take good care of Antoinette?

8. What does Antoinette's husband say about her comments about England?

9. What does Antoinette see in the sky during her unsettling dream?

10. Describe the events immediately leading up to the fire at Coulibri Estate.

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