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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Guy finally tell his wife?
(a) That he got work for the next day.
(b) That he was fired.
(c) That he was promoted.
(d) That he was hired full-time.

2. What does Lili want to know is in Guy’s dreams?
(a) Her and the boy.
(b) A more peaceful life.
(c) A better future for the boy.
(d) Revenge for the government soldiers.

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

4. What is the literary term for the brief scene at the end of Seeing Things Simply?
(a) Refrain.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Repetition.
(d) Cliffhanger.

5. Why does the old man tell Princesse he is lucky?
(a) His wife left town for a day.
(b) He gets to see her twice in a day.
(c) The rooster he bet on won.
(d) He got someone to buy him alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the girl’s mother’s health change the next time she sees her?

2. What does Emilie give to Lamort, for posterity?

3. Who is the first narrator of Children of the Sea?

4. In what way is the ocean like the boy’s love for the girl?

5. What does her mother answer?

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