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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl say is the biggest weapon the government can use against the people?
(a) Hope.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Rape.
(d) Indefinite detentions.

2. What has the girl’s manman buried behind the house?
(a) Political buttons.
(b) Money.
(c) A baby.
(d) Valuables.

3. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?
(a) He or she understood it.
(b) The country exploded.
(c) The old president returned.
(d) He or she was killed.

4. Why does the boy say that no one will mistake him and the others for Cuban, now?
(a) They are all seasick.
(b) They have such good equipment.
(c) They are all sunburned.
(d) They are all so poor.

5. How does the girl know the person who tells her that her mother has died?
(a) The person knows the password.
(b) The person has a piece of her mother’s clothing.
(c) The person carries a letter from the mother.
(d) They play the questioning game.

Short Answer Questions

1. What likely happened to the boy’s boat?

2. How many people are passengers on the boat?

3. For how many generations has the statue of the Madonna been in the girl’s family before her?

4. Where is the Massacre River?

5. What was the prison used for before it was a prison?

(see the answer key)

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