Back to My Own Country / Andrea Levy

assimilate means to :

• care and training given to a child while growing up

• combined from different sources

• expectation; right

• become like the majority in a region or country by adopting its customs,viewpoint, character,or attitude

Andrea Levy was motivated to explore her idea of home by the realization that

• she was part of a culture similar to the one she recognized

• she doesn't belong to this world

• she was part of a culture different from the one she recognized

Levy uses light and joyful adjectives to describe the Caribbean man’s mannerisms.

• She portrays the man as identical as the other people on the bus

• She portrays the man as an engaging and open person, who is trying hard to fit into a situation that is probably very uncomfortable for him.

• She portrays the man as a dull person, who is trying easily to fit into a situation that is probably very comfortable for him.

With whom do the sympathies of the author lie in this anecdote?

• It seems her sympathies are leaning towards the man from the African origins.

• It seems her sympathies are leaning towards the man from England

• It seems her sympathies are leaning towards the man from the Caribbean.

People were subjected to forced labor. This means.....

• They were considered property and used as barter in the Caribbean.

• They were equal in rights with the original inhabitants.

• They were considered landlords who could afford their lands and properties.