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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Eric chastise himself for his behavior toward his landlady?
(a) He says that he acted like a child.
(b) He says that he was rude.
(c) He says he acted like a manservant.
(d) He says he was unnecessarily brusque.

2. What sentence was passed on Constant when he was tried in Haiti in absentia?
(a) 50 years in prison.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Execution.
(d) 25 years in prison.

3. Where are Ka and her father at the start of the book?
(a) Lakeland, Florida.
(b) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
(c) New York City.
(d) Washington, DC.

4. How old is Ms. Hinds?
(a) 39.
(b) 32.
(c) 64.
(d) 25.

5. How does the narrator says that Anne feels about having stopped having epileptic seizures?
(a) Forgiven.
(b) Resurrected.
(c) Free.
(d) Redeemed.

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

7. Where is Fonteneau visiting her parents, that Ka is bringing her the sculpture?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Tampa.

8. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?
(a) Movie star.
(b) Painter.
(c) TV actress.
(d) Accountant.

9. Why does Ka say that her father destroyed the sculpture?
(a) Because he always feels competitive with her.
(b) Because he does not want to be documented.
(c) Because he is so ashamed of himself.
(d) Because he is vain about his appearance.

10. What is a ka, in The Book of the Dead?
(a) An altar for offering prayers.
(b) A double of the body.
(c) An angel who weighs the soul.
(d) A sacrificial offering.

11. When does Eric start to feel joy in anticipation of seeing his wife again?
(a) In the taxi on the way to meet her.
(b) The morning of his wife’s arrival.
(c) At the airport.
(d) Weeks before his wife arrives.

12. What is Emmanuel Constant wanted for?
(a) For crimes against humanity.
(b) For murder.
(c) For financial crimes.
(d) Crimes against the Haitian people.

13. Where does Nadine live?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Canarsie.
(c) Far Rockaway.
(d) Off Prospect Park.

14. What is Nadine’s reputation on the ward where she works?
(a) Professional and cold.
(b) Not friendly.
(c) Conspiratorial.
(d) Open and confiding

15. When had Ka declared herself an atheist?
(a) In high school.
(b) In middle school.
(c) After college.
(d) In college.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?

2. When does Anne go up to the man her daughter thought was Emmanuel Constant?

3. How old is Nadine?

4. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?

5. Why does Nadine not ask her co-worker Josette to tell Ms. Hinds’ parents that she cannot be found?

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