HE WOULD FAIL
The kitchen was small and it was close to the dining room. The window in the kitchen was above the back step.
True or False
Bill Lamb was happy that Beka was attending St. Cecilia's Convent School.
False
"Let me tell you something, Beka. I never wanted you to go to high school. How you passed the entrance examination to St. Cecilia's I'll never understand. Your mother gave me a lot of excuses and reasons why you were developing so late. I told Lilia that you never shown much interest in your studies since abc class.
What did Daddy Bill tell Lilia about Granny Straker's illness?
(A) she had flu
(B) her mind had finally gone
(C) Hypertension
(D) diabetes
(B) her mind had finally gone
What adventures did Beka enjoy on Saturdays?
Going to Mesopotamia where her old school friend lived with her mother.
Going to take bread to Great Gran Straker.
Over the big bridge
Going to the library where the sea breezes entering the circular room
What was the gift Mrs Leig, (an English woman) gave to Toycie?
A beautiful, highly glossed instrument - a guitar.
It was made in Spain
Beka's dad fell asleep in the cane chair. Where did he put his feet?
(A) On the floor
(B) On the arm of the cane chair
(C) On Beka's mother's centre table
(D) In the cane chair
(C) On Beka's mother's centre table
Daddy Bill put on his creaky leather sandals and started towards the bathroom before going to the club.
What was Beka's plea?
Daddy, may I try again? Daddy, please? I promise I'll pass. I'll come first if you let me go back.
She said while taking a few steps behind him.
He turned in a disbelieving smile, making his dimples in his cheeks show briefly.
Great Grandmother Straker was
(A) over eighty
(B) over one hundred
(C) over seventy
(D) sixty nine
(A) over eighty
Cashew Street ended on _______ lane.
(A) Manatee Lane
(B) Albert Lane
(C) Caye Lane
(D) Milpa Lane
(A) Manatee Lane
What did Toycie do with the pencil?
She grabbed the pencil from Beka and poked it very carefully through the hole, scratching out the word 'Spain'.
What did the radio announcer say about the new constitution?
He said that the Chairman, Mr. S. D. Hartley was recommended in the proposed new constitution that universal adult suffrage be introduced in the colony of Belize and all prospective voters were to take a literacy test.
Who told Beka that her dad was cutting down the bougainvillea tree?
Chuku
Chuku stood by her bedside and shook her shoulder,
Beka, Beka, Dad is cutting down your tree!
(Beka wished she didn't have to get up ever again in her life.)
How many daughter's Great Grandmother Straker had?
Two daughters
Lilia's mother was daughter died when she gave birth to Lilia.
What was the masked man carrying?
(A) Grocery for Granny Ivy
(B) Heavy sacks of flour from the warehouses of Blanco's Import Commission
(C) Fish from the market
(D) Lumber
(B) Heavy sacks of flour from the warehouses of Blanco's Import Commission
What countries did they want to write the guitar was made in?
America and England
Why did Beka think her dad would fail the literacy test?
Beka thought that he was not intelligent.
"Daddy, ah fail," Beka said.
Who removed the bougainvillea branches?
A coolie man with hair to his shoulders drove a mule and cart took them to a dump on the edge of the town.
Granny Straker used her big-toothed tortoise shell comb and pointed at a picture and said From the time I met him till now, he has always been like a son to me.
Who was she talking about?
Daddy Bill
Which tribe also painted their skin?
(A) Mesitizo
(B) Creole
(C) Carib
(D) African
(C) Carib
What did Beka say Mr. Gordillo's grocery smelled like?
Smell of kerosene, onions, cheese and briny pigtail.
The smell together smelled stink.
What did he (Bill Lamb) liken Beka to when he said that she was growing wild?
He said she was growing wild like the bougainvillea that was breaking down Miss Boysie's fence. All flash and no substance.
What game was Beka playing with her brothers after the bougainvillea tree was taken away to the dump?
Beka was playing marbles with Chuku and Zandy.
but when a neighbour boy peered through the fence palings, she let him through the gate and went upstairs to attack the attic.
When did Lilia and Granny Ivy pay for their groceries?
They paid for the week's groceries on Saturday.
Other Grocery stores:
Augusto Quan
Jerusalem Fancy Store
(They were located on Albert Street)
Where was Miss Eila firehearth located?
Miss Eila cooked in three or four black iron pots on a waist-high, four-legged firehearth set under a zinc roof at the back of the house.
Where was Mr. Gordo from?
Mr. Gordillo's was a mestizo man from Orange Walk, a district north of Belize.
He had straight black hair falling over his forehead and touching the top of his gold-rimmed glasses.