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

2. What is wrong with Pierre as a child?
(a) He falls off his horse and is badly injured.
(b) He staggers when he walks and cannot speak clearly.
(c) He tries to kill his sister.
(d) He finds out his father is a former slave owner.

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

4. What becomes of Pierre after the family leaves Coulibri Estate?
(a) He goes to school in England.
(b) He becomes a magistrate in the West Indies.
(c) He dies from injuries received in a fire.
(d) He is cured from his childhood illness.

5. What is Mrs. Cosway's situation at the beginning of the story?
(a) She is a poor widow of five years.
(b) She is moving to England with her children.
(c) She is the loving and caring mother of two children.
(d) She is an important part of Spanish Town society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nun give Antoinette after wakes up from her dream?

2. How long after they were married do the Mason's start having trouble?

3. Where does Christophine go to live?

4. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Mason frequently argue?

5. Who is Mr. Mason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What startles Grace Poole as she is sitting at the table at the end of the narrative?

2. What evidence is given that Part Two is narrated by someone other than Antoinette?

3. Describe the room that Antoinette visits one night when she has taken the keys from Grace.

4. Is there any evidence of passion between Antoinette and her husband?

5. Why does Christophine live with the Cosways?

6. What happens to Mr. Mason after the fire?

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

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

9. What details does Antoinette give about her mother after the fire at Coulibri?

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

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