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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Massacre River massacre?
(a) April, 1931.
(b) November, 1937.
(c) August, 1954.
(d) September, 1918.

2. What does the girl say when she finally talks to her mother?
(a) She asks why she took her to Massacre River.
(b) She asks when she will be home.
(c) She asks whether her mother flew.
(d) She tells her mother she loves her.

3. Where does the narrator of New York Day Women see her mother?
(a) Port-au-Prince.
(b) Ville Rose.
(c) Paris.
(d) Midtown Manhattan.

4. Why doesn’t the narrator’s mother go to parent-teacher meetings?
(a) She doesn’t want to fight with the teachers.
(b) She doesn’t want her daughter to be ashamed.
(c) She doesn’t feel like she is really raising her daughter.
(d) She doesn’t speak English very well.

5. What is Princesse’s involvement with the cock fight?
(a) She is betting on it.
(b) She is collecting someone from it.
(c) She is watching it.
(d) She is walking past it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?

2. What does the narrator say her customer calls her, when she satisfies him?

3. What does the narrator say the baby smelled like?

4. What would the narrator of Night Women like her son to forget about the place where they live?

5. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?

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