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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 - Ezili.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Macena is the father of her children so she must do what?
(a) Forgive him.
(b) Trust him.
(c) Stay away from him.
(d) Take him in.

2. Does Joseph Binbin Mauvant like Macena?
(a) No, not at first.
(b) Yes, but only at first.
(c) No, never.
(d) Yes.

3. Mama Lola travels to ___________ from Haiti and falls very ill.
(a) Cuba.
(b) America.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

4. Philo catches the black fever plaguing Haiti. During her recovery, Ageou visits Philo in a dream and tells her what?
(a) How to cure Clement Rapelle's son.
(b) How to find Clement Rapelle's son.
(c) How to give Clement Rapelle a son.
(d) How to protect Clement Rapelle's son.

5. What does she learn from her sister-in-law?
(a) She is to move back to Haiti.
(b) She is to become a spirit.
(c) She is to train as a manbo in Brooklyn.
(d) She is to return to Haiti to train as a manbo.

Short Answer Questions

1. This spirit is the '______________ woman' of the female spirits.

2. Kouzinn is _____________, a trade that is key to the survival for the poor women of Haiti.

3. The first chapter of the book begins where?

4. When "Sina," as Macena calls her, becomes pregnant, Mauvant and the men from the community do what?

5. Mauvant is what they call a _____________________ or a true African who has the spirits "on him" always.

(see the answer key)

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