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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 is the narrator’s relationship, in Between the Pool and the Gardenias, with the women in the earlier stories?
(a) They come from the town she came from.
(b) They are her ancestors.
(c) They have all worked for the same Madame.
(d) They are all Dominican like her.

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

3. What does the girl do when the mother takes the statue of the madonna from her?
(a) She bursts into tears.
(b) She begins to sing.
(c) She begins to hyperventilate.
(d) She begins to pray.

4. What likely happened to the boy’s boat?
(a) It arrived safely.
(b) It was destroyed in a storm.
(c) It was captured by Haitian sailors.
(d) It sank.

5. What does the boy say he is glad his boat is not full of?
(a) Cubans.
(b) Old people.
(c) Children.
(d) Pregnant women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the girl’s mother’s connection with the Massacre River?

2. When was the Massacre River massacre?

3. Where do Guy and Lili and their boy get their water from?

4. Who had Trujillo massacred in the Dominican Republic?

5. What does Catherine have to do to get Princesse to remove her underwear before she poses for her?

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