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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: The Dew Breaker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
(a) She thinks he has friends in the post office.
(b) She thinks her assistance lets him know.
(c) She believes there are spies in the Haitian community.
(d) She always announces her changes of address to her clients.

2. What does Nadine do instead of calling her parents?
(a) Read a book.
(b) Weep.
(c) Watch tv.
(d) Go out for groceries.

3. What is the reality of Michel’s father’s whereabouts?
(a) His father lives across the street at the water station.
(b) His father died in a prison camp.
(c) His father is a macoute who lives in Port-au-Prince.
(d) His father fled to America when Michel was young.

4. What name does Michel promise to give his unborn child?
(a) Christophe.
(b) Tobin.
(c) Romain.
(d) Regulus.

5. What is Aline Cajuste’s position at the Haitian American Weekly?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Intern.
(c) Producer.
(d) Editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hand has the dictator transferred power to, now that he is leaving?

2. What does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?

3. Where does the dew breaker come to kill the preacher?

4. Where have Anne and her husband gone to get Ka for this Christmas mass?

5. Why did Claude kill his father?

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