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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In school, what play was Brown forced to participate in, speaking in a French translation of the original play?
(a) A Doll's House.
(b) A Question of Taste.
(c) The Cherry Orchard.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

2. What are Jones's last words to Philipot?
(a) There is no room for him outside Haiti.
(b) He regrets coming to Haiti.
(c) He wishes he could have seen Brown one last time.
(d) He wishes he could have fought better.

3. As Brown and Martha lie outside in the grass, what does Brown realize about the character of their relationship?
(a) He loved her more than ever before.
(b) Neither of them would love enough to die for the beloved.
(c) They were not destined to stay together.
(d) They belonged to the world of tragedy rather than that of comedy.

4. What does Jones name the ambassador's new dog?
(a) Mosquito.
(b) T-bone.
(c) Don Juan.
(d) Midge.

5. In Part 1, Chapter 5, Brown and Joseph discuss what might happen with Doctor Philipot's soul. What is the Voodoo belief about a dead man?
(a) He becomes a zombie and haunts the living.
(b) He moves on to the afterlife if he has lived a worthy life.
(c) He ceases to exist.
(d) He becomes a ghost and wanders the graveyard all night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Smiths decide to stay and pursue the building of the vegetarian center?

2. As Doctor Magiot and Brown are talking, Petit Pierre arrives. Why does he come?

3. What does Petit Pierre bring to Brown early in the morning, the first day after he arrives home?

4. What is the one meal Jones eats in jail?

5. For the first time during Chapter 1 of Part 2, Martha mentions her father. Why is he disgraced in Brown's eyes?

(see the answer key)

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