Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - The Baka Made from Jealousy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joseph Binbin Mauvant?
(a) Mama Lola's great grandfather.
(b) Mama Lola's grandfather.
(c) Mama Lola's brother.
(d) Mama Lola's father.

2. She buys land in _____________, building her house with her own hands.
(a) Gros Mango.
(b) Gros Balance.
(c) Gros Cajou.
(d) Gros Morne.

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

4. All morning Mauvant is muttering that he is ________________ but no one pays him much attention.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Dying.
(c) Sick.
(d) Going.

5. Why does Sina decide to "give" Philo, her baby, to Madame Fouchard?
(a) Sina knows that Madame Fouchard has control over her.
(b) Sina does not like Philo.
(c) Sina knows that a single mother raising three children will not be able to provide a very good life for them.
(d) Sina needs the money Madame Fouchard gives her for taking in Philo.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is done around ____________.

2. She is taken back to _______________.

3. Sina realizes that Macena will not leave the family compound, so she and her eldest daughter, Gloria, decide to do what?

4. When Karen arrives, where does she find Mama Lola?

5. Why is Azaka mad?

(see the answer key)

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