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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Antoinette feel about the garden?

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

3. What does Antoinette wear in her dream?

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

5. How does Antoinette describe everything at her school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Antoinette's husband seem happy about his recent marriage?

2. Does Antoinette's husband like Grandbois?

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

4. Who are the Luttrells?

5. Why does Christophine live with the Cosways?

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

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

8. Are any of the nuns sympathetic to Antoinette on her first day of school?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of Part Three we hear two servants speaking of Antoinette's husband. Mrs. Eff presents a different picture of his situation. What does she say about him? What does she say changes him? Do you agree with her assessment? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes investigated in this story is that of trust. Does Antoinette trust her husband? What conversation occurs in Part Two that leads you to believe trust may have grown between the couple? What do Antoinette and the husband do that effects their trust of one another?

Essay Topic 3

Richard Mason visits Antoinette after she has been confined to her rooms in England. What happens during his visit? Why does he say he cannot help her? Do you believe he could have intervened? Why or why not?

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