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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Funeral Singer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Ka’s father to lose his teeth?
(a) An infected tooth.
(b) A prisoner attacked him.
(c) A car accident.
(d) Prison nightmares.

2. Where does Nadine read her parents’ letter every day?
(a) In her bed.
(b) In her living room.
(c) In the subway.
(d) In the hospital cafeteria.

3. What aspect of the maid’s personality reminds Ka of her mother?
(a) Her youth.
(b) Her haughtiness.
(c) Her poor English.
(d) Her limp.

4. How does the narrator characterize Eric’s declarations of love to his wife after she comes home with him?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Prattle.
(c) Babble.
(d) Song.

5. Why does Beatrice say she is retiring?
(a) She cannot find good help.
(b) She cannot make a living any more.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She wants to do something else.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the dictator when he fled?

2. Who does Aline run into when she is looking into the house she thinks belongs to the Haitian prison guard?

3. What group does Michel say he joined?

4. What had Constant’s role been in Haiti, before he moved to the U.S.?

5. What name does Michel promise to give his unborn child?

(see the answer key)

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