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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 when Mr. Mason tells her about their visitor(s)?

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

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

4. How does the Bishop feel about the nuns?

5. Immediately following Antoinette's description of her dream, what does the nun tell Antoinette to do after they have talked?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the person Grace is hired to care for.

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

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

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

6. Describe Antoinette and Tia's friendship early in the narrative.

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

8. Does Antoinette's husband like Grandbois?

9. What thoughts about England does Antoinette disclose to her husband?

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

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

What is your reaction to Antoinette's plight when she is moved to England. Was she treated well? Her husband is a wealthy man: what could he have provided to improve Antoinette's quality of life?

Essay Topic 3

What role does Spanish Town play in this story? Who lives there? Describe two or three events that occur there that effect Antoinette's life.

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