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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. What happens when Brown and Mr. Smith visit the Secretary of the Interior?
(a) They must take a number and wait in line for two hours.
(b) The Secretary pretends to be gone.
(c) They are able to see the Secretary immediately.
(d) They are ignored for nearly an hour.

2. When Brown arrived for the first time at the Hotel Trianon in Haiti, who was with his mother?
(a) Her husband, the count.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Doctor Magiot.
(d) Brown's father.

3. How does Brown perceive his relationship to Martha, primarily?
(a) As star-crossed lovers.
(b) As co-conspirators rather than lovers.
(c) As mere amusement in his boring life.
(d) As the most important part of his life.

4. How does the new Secretary for Social Welfare cast suspicion on Doctor Philipot's death?
(a) He suggests that he was deceitful about the water pipes on Desaix Street.
(b) He suggests that there was just retribution by the authorities.
(c) He suggests that the doctor should not have invested in the shanty-town speculation.
(d) He suggests that the doctor could not pay his gambling debts.

5. What is the name of the Tonton Macoute who begins speaking to Brown?
(a) Petit Pierre.
(b) Captain Henderson.
(c) Tin Tin.
(d) Captain Concasseur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Brown on the military base near Santo Domingo?

2. According to the new Secretary for Social Welfare, why did Doctor Philipot not have a funeral?

3. Why does Brown leave the military base?

4. Why is Brown not afraid to smuggle Philipot's body off his property?

5. How does Martha explain Brown's view of the world?

(see the answer key)

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