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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. What is the fate of Coulibri Estate?

2. How does Antoinette feel about the garden?

3. Where does Antoinette arrive in her dream?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the letter from Daniel Cosway upset Antoinette's husband?

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

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

4. What is Antoinette's fascination with the tapestry?

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

6. Who are the Luttrells?

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

8. How does Antoinette describe the garden at Coulibri?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is St. Pierre described? What image does this give you of the town? Describe at least one event that Antoinette relates concerning St. Pierre. What island do you think St. Pierre might be located on? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Coulibri Estate represents more than a plantation. What does it represent? Describe three major features of the estate that also represent the state of affairs in the West Indies. Why does the author use Coulibri Estate to represent changing conditions in the West Indies?

Essay Topic 3

Sandi is introduced early in the story, and reappears in one of Antoinette's narratives in Part Three. What do you think the relationship is between Sandi and Antoinette? When do you think it occurs? There is mention of Antoinette leaving on a boat. Which departure do you think is about to occur - her passage to her honeymoon or her move to England? Support your answer with passages from the book.

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