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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Papi go when Senora Valencia goes into labor?
(a) To get Dr. Javier
(b) To help Amabelle
(c) To get Senora Valencia's husband
(d) To pray for his daughter's safety

2. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?
(a) He believes it will make her crazy
(b) He believes it will cause nightmares
(c) He believes it will isolate her from other children
(d) He believes it will draw evil spirits to her

3. What does Dr. Javier do to allow himself to escape Papi?
(a) Claim he has to attend to another birth
(b) Claim he needs to go register the children's births
(c) Ask Amabelle for a cup of coffee
(d) Ask to see the rest of the house

4. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?
(a) Her shadow cannot leave her alone
(b) Her shadow makes her feel less lonely than other children
(c) Her shadow cannot talk to her as other children can
(d) Her shadow never refuses to play the games she wants to play

5. Where did Amabelle often sleep when she was a young girl?
(a) With Senora Valencia in her canopy bed
(b) On a cot in Senora Valencia's room
(c) In a room with Juana, the housemaid
(d) Outside of Senora Valencia's room

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sebastien insist that the narrator take off her uniform?

2. Who is the narrator?

3. What does Amabelle notice pinned to Dr. Javier's shirt collar?

4. What details about the babies' births does Dr. Javier ask Amabelle for?

5. What does Amabelle say she admired most about her mother?

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