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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?
(a) Herself
(b) Senora Valencia
(c) Her mother
(d) Her father

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

3. Why does Senora Valencia ask Amabelle to light a candle after the babies are born?
(a) To be able to see the children better
(b) It is now night
(c) To honor the Virgin Mary
(d) To alert her husband that the babies have arrived

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the narrator characterizes Sebastien?
(a) Moody
(b) Gentle
(c) Handsome
(d) Strong

5. How long has Sebastien been working as sugar cane worker?
(a) 10 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 1 year
(d) 14 years

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Sebastien when the narrator wakes up?

2. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?

3. Who does Juana insist Papi take with him when he goes to notify Pico of the children's births?

4. How did Amabelle know how to help Senora Valencia give birth?

5. What does the narrator say she played with when she was a child?

(see the answer key)

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