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

2. What happens to Antoinette when she grows into a young lady of about seventeen?
(a) She moves to England.
(b) She marries Sandi.
(c) She becomes a nanny.
(d) Mr. Mason introduces her to "proper society".

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

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

5. Where is Antoinette walking towards in her dream?
(a) The beach.
(b) Couliburi Estate.
(c) A church.
(d) A forest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What becomes of Antoinette's mother after they leave Coulibri?

2. What does Antoinette pray for?

3. Who are Godfrey and Sass?

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

5. How does Antoinette's demeanor change after she leaves school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do we learn about Antoinette's husband from Grace Poole's discourse about her interview?

2. How does Antoinette's husband describe the island in the beginning of Part Two?

3. What is Antoinette's husband's response about her thoughts on death?

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

5. What reason does Mr. Mason give for staying at Coulibri after he marries Antoinette's mother?

6. What is her husband's reaction to Antoinette's story about sleeping in the moonlight?

7. Why does Antoinette insist on seeing her red dress?

8. How does Antoinette describe the rooms she finds herself living in during Part Three?

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

10. What thoughts does Antoinette's husband disclose concerning his feelings about the servants at Grandbois?

(see the answer keys)

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