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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Night Talkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?
(a) When she sees the land underneath the plane as it descends.
(b) When the doors open out from Customs.
(c) When her husband lifts her up in an embrace, then puts her back on the ground.
(d) When her plane touches down.

2. What does Denise Auguste’s nickname Ti Fanm mean?
(a) Little Woman.
(b) Wife.
(c) Little helper.
(d) Seamstress.

3. What quality does mistletoe have, according to Anne?
(a) Amorous.
(b) Reconciliatory.
(c) Prophetic.
(d) Divinatory.

4. What does Ka say her father has learned confessions cannot do?
(a) Lighten living hearts.
(b) Cleanse a guilty conscience.
(c) Purge a sin.
(d) Repair an injury.

5. What does Eric notices his wife does at 5:11 p.m. while they are out in Brooklyn?
(a) Take his hand.
(b) Look for someone in a crowd.
(c) Say she wants to go home.
(d) Check her phone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Denise Auguste bring Dany and his aunt?

2. Where does Nadine live?

3. What aspect of the maid’s personality reminds Ka of her mother?

4. What does Nadine do instead of calling her parents?

5. How does Nadine characterize the woman she sees reflected in the elevator doors?

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