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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Antoinette's inheritance in Part 2?

2. What is the weather like when the couple arrive on the island?

3. What does Antoinette's husband wonder after he writes his father a letter?

4. How does Antoinette's husband feel his first morning at the island?

5. What advice does Christophine give Antoinette regarding fears about her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Antoinette has another name. What is her first name? What ethnicity is her first name? What ethnicity is the name Antoinette? She claims names can change a person into something else. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

The opening passage of "Wide Sargasso Sea" speaks of closing ranks when trouble comes. What does "closing ranks" mean? What trouble has come in the story. Who is closing ranks and why?

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