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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 does Antoinette feel about the convent?
(a) It is sad and depressing.
(b) It makes her happy.
(c) It is a prison.
(d) It is her refuge.

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

3. Immediately following Antoinette's description of her dream, what does the nun tell Antoinette to do after they have talked?
(a) Pray.
(b) Think happy thoughts.
(c) Go back to bed.
(d) Stay awake for the rest of the night.

4. What does Antoinette remember her mother wearing as Part One ends?
(a) Her mended riding habit.
(b) A red flower in her hair.
(c) Her soft nightgown.
(d) Her wedding dress.

5. What does Antoinette recognize about her mother when she first goes to visit her after moving from Coulibri Estate?
(a) The perfume she wears.
(b) Her beautiful smile.
(c) Her eyes.
(d) Her hair and dress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the importance of the green parrot, Coco?

3. Where does Antoinette arrive in her dream?

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

5. Where does Christophine go to live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Grace Poole angry with Antoinette the morning Antoinette wakes up with swollen, red wrists?

2. Describe Antoinette's early impressions of what she hears and sees outside her locked rooms in Part Three.

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

4. What happens between Antoinette and her husband that seems to seal the fate of their relationship?

5. Who introduces Amelie into the story and how is she described?

6. Do the Jamaican "ladies" approve of Antoinette's mother?

7. How is Sandi reintroduced into Antoinette's narrative of Part Three?

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

9. Who are the principal people Antoinette talks about at the convent?

10. Does Antoinette's husband like Grandbois?

(see the answer keys)

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