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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 the narrator believe is the only person who truly knows her?
(a) Her father
(b) Sebastien
(c) Her mother
(d) Her shadow

2. Where are Senora Valencia's ancestors from?
(a) Portugal
(b) Mexico
(c) Haiti
(d) Spain

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

4. Who is Senora Valencia concerned that her daughter will be mistaken for?
(a) A much younger child
(b) Her brother
(c) Someone who is black
(d) A field worker's child

5. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?
(a) Pigeons cooing
(b) Mockingbirds singing
(c) Sugar cane stalks being cut
(d) Amabelle's voice

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have recurrent nightmares about?

2. What does the narrator say she has never seen Sebastien do?

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

4. Why does Sebastien tell of his father's death using third person narration?

5. What is wrong with Senora Valencia's daughter when she is born?

(see the answer key)

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