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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Massacre River?
(a) On the border with the Dominican Republic.
(b) On the border with Cuba.
(c) In the center of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
(d) In the mountains.

2. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?
(a) Decent.
(b) Inhuman.
(c) Machine-like.
(d) Vulgar.

3. What does the girl say her father regrets?
(a) Keeping her from going with the boy.
(b) Letting her marry the boy.
(c) Being mean to the boy.
(d) Ever letting her go to school.

4. How many people are passengers on the boat?
(a) 37.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 24.

5. What prevents the girl’s family from leaving the city?
(a) Their car is broken.
(b) Militia in the streets.
(c) Gasoline ban.
(d) Their car is destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color would the women wear, when they visited the Massacre River?

2. Who comes to the narrator on Tuesdays and Saturdays?

3. What does the girl take to her mother?

4. What does the narrator compare Guy’s admiration for the hot-air balloon to?

5. What is the girl told to throw away?

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