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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Smith proud to be involved in Jones's release from jail?
(a) He wants to brag about it to Mrs. Smith.
(b) He feels like a law-breaker.
(c) He is thinking of justice and mankind.
(d) He admires Jones.

2. Where did Brown attend school as a child?
(a) The Schools of the Virgin Mary.
(b) The Jesuit College of the Visitation.
(c) The School of the Immaculate Conception of Christ.
(d) The local public school.

3. At the embassy, Brown meets Doctor Philipot's nephew. Who is this man?
(a) Pierre Philipot.
(b) Hamit.
(c) The Syrian from a year before.
(d) Henri Philipot.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brown's idea to help Jones escape?

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

3. As Brown realizes that morning at the end of the driveway, why do the Tontons Macoute wear sunglasses?

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

5. What is the supposed reason for Jones's arrest when he attempts to pass through customs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Doctor Magiot is willing to help Brown plan an escape for Jones as well as maintain a facade of caring for Jones in order to explain his absence from public life. Why are these two men willing to take such risk? What does it say about their character?

2. When Angel has the mumps, Brown visits him at Martha's insistence, and this is the only time the two people interact for any length of time. What is the effect of this meeting? How is Angel portrayed?

3. What is the significance of Martha and Brown choosing to meet by the Columbus statue? Is there humor or irony in the choice?

4. Brown observes, following his disastrous conversation with Angel, that the quality which attracts him in a woman is not beauty but goodness. How is this similar to Jones's pursuit of virtue? Why does he find goodness in Martha?

5. In his mother's desk, Brown finds a disk which Doctor Magiot recognizes as a medal of the resistance. What does this reveal about his mother?

6. Martha and Brown rendezvous for the first time in her car by the Columbus statue. What is the nature of this meeting and how does it set the tone for their relationship?

7. When Captain Concasseur returns to Haiti, his single goal is to catch Jones. How is this fitting to Jones's character? What about to the character of Haitian politics?

8. When Mr. Smith sees Philipot's body in the pool, he thinks he is a sleeping beggar. How does this thought reflect on Mr. Smith's character? What about the fact that he wants to take money to the man?

9. In Part 1, Chapter 3, why does Brown tell the story of his lost virginity? How does his youthful past tie into his present relationship?

10. From a literary aspect, what is the effect of portraying Jones as an actor who has not learned his lines well? Why does the author use this characterization throughout the book?

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