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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What revelation does Jones give Brown about his love life?
(a) He has only slept with low-class woman.
(b) He is deeply in love with Martha.
(c) He has only slept with women he's paid.
(d) He has been married four times.

3. In Chapter One, what is distinctive about Jones's driver, the man who ruined Joseph?
(a) His severe limp.
(b) His long facial scar.
(c) His harsh laugh.
(d) His gold teeth.

4. What day do Brown and Jones leave town?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Monday.

5. When Tonton Macoutes show up at Brown's hotel, what does Captain Concasseur do to Brown?
(a) Holds him at gunpoint on the porch.
(b) Handcuffs him to the porch railing.
(c) Robs him of the money he had hidden in his office.
(d) Interrogates him thoroughly.

6. Mrs. Smith is proud of the American ballot that shows her husband's name as a presidential candidate. What is Brown's perception of voting in Haiti?
(a) Only votes that agree with the Tonton Macoute will count.
(b) Every vote is important.
(c) The effort is not worth the outcome.
(d) A person is safer staying home.

7. In Chapter 1 of Part 2, when Brown takes Mr. Smith to the post office, what happens?
(a) Mr. Smith exits by the wrong door and is lost.
(b) Mr. Smith is mobbed by five beggars.
(c) They are questioned about their errand by a Tonton Macoute.
(d) Mr. Smith get in an argument with a one-legged man.

8. The day before Brown and Jones leave, why does Captain Concasseur visit Brown at his hotel?
(a) To give him false information, hoping to lure him into a trap.
(b) To threaten him if he exceeds his one-day pass.
(c) To tell him that Tonton Macoutes will check him at every roadblock.
(d) To intimidate him into not going.

9. When Brown asks the ambassador to allow Jones to stay in his house, what is the ambassador's reaction?
(a) Relief.
(b) Hesitation.
(c) Fear.
(d) Scorn.

10. What keeps Brown awake during the all-night voodoo ceremony?
(a) The face of young Philipot.
(b) The pounding of the drums.
(c) The sight of the young girls drinking.
(d) The mysterious liquor that was served.

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

12. Why does Captain Concasseur order the Tonton Macoutes to hit and kick Brown?
(a) Because the captain wanted to see Brown at his feet.
(b) Because they are sadistic.
(c) So that they can say he was resisting arrest.
(d) They intended to beat him like they had beaten Joseph.

13. Why does the Secretary for Social Welfare suggest that Duvalierville is a good place for the Smiths' vegetarian center?
(a) The land is poor and he doesn't know what else to do with it.
(b) There is no other land available.
(c) The government has already been preparing the town for tourism.
(d) He thinks it would revive the tourism trade.

14. Lying on the ground next to his pool, Brown thinks that he and Martha are more intimate than ever before. Why is this?
(a) They do not talk.
(b) They talk about running away together.
(c) They trust each other with words rather than a touch.
(d) They make love gently.

15. For the first time during Chapter 1 of Part 2, Martha mentions her father. Why is he disgraced in Brown's eyes?
(a) He was a Nazi guard.
(b) He was a blacksmith.
(c) He was a Tonton Macoute.
(d) He was a spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jones not serve in the army in Burma like he claims?

2. To leave the ship, Jones dresses up as a woman. What does he wear?

3. How does Brown act toward the end of the Voodoo ceremony?

4. At the beginning of Chapter Two, why does Joseph ask Brown to attend a Voodoo ceremony?

5. At the casino with Luigi, whom does Brown see from the ship?

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