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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. Who is Christophine?
(a) A former slave who has stayed on as a servant.
(b) A Creole woman related to the estate owner.
(c) The estate owner's best friend.
(d) A servant who lives in Spanish Town.

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

3. Who rescues Antoinette from being harassed and taunted by a mean boy and girl near the end of Part One?
(a) Sandi.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Aunt Cora.
(d) Sass.

4. How does Myra always look?
(a) Dull.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Cheerful.
(d) Sad.

5. What is the fate of Coulibri Estate?
(a) It is abandoned and falls into ruin.
(b) It is where the family lives for many years.
(c) It is given to the former slaves as compensation.
(d) It is burned down by a mob of angry former slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Antoinette walking towards in her dream?

2. Why do Tia and Antoinette cease to be friends?

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

4. What type of stories are read to the school girls when they do their needle work?

5. Who is invited to spend the winter with Mr. Mason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Grace exclude from the feeling of safety provided by staying at the house?

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

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

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

6. Who are the Luttrells?

7. How does Antoinette say she feels about Mr. Mason?

8. What does Antoinette know about Grace Poole?

9. Does Antoinette's husband seem to change the morning after he and Antoinette share their first intimate evening together at Grandbois?

10. Describe the incident Antoinette reveals to her husband about what happened to her when she was a young girl at Grandbois.

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