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Children of the Sea Quiz

Edwidge Danticat
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Children of the Sea Quiz

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1)

What does the first narrator wish he had with him? (from His Narrative)

A pen because he is running out of ink.
More money.
Another notebook.
A hat to protect himself from the sun.
2)

What does the female narrator hear over the radio at the end of the story? (from Her Narrative)

The new president is back.
A boat sank off the coast of the Bahamas.
A boat was intercepted by the coast guard.
Her boyfriend's voice.
3)

Who did the male narrator leave behind in Haiti? (from His Narrative)

His girlfriend and his mother.
His parents only.
His brother and sister.
His father and brother.
4)

Why doesn't Celianne's baby cry? (from His Narrative)

Because the passengers take turns rocking it to sleep.
Because it is a good baby.
Because Celianne throws it overboard after she delivers.
Because it is stillborn.
5)

What is the color of Cèlianne's baby? (from His Narrative)

Pink.
Black.
Purple.
White.
6)

Why doesn't the second narrator sketch butterflies anymore? (from Her Narrative)

Because she doesn't know how.
Because Madan Roger told her the black ones bring bad news.
Because her father forbids her to.
She does not say.
7)

What does the female narrator throw rocks at? (from Her Narrative)

All butterflies.
Cockroaches.
Soldiers.
Black butterflies.
8)

Where does the female narrator's mother talk to her? (from Her Narrative)

In the house.
In the car.
Under the banyan tree.
At the dinner table.
9)

What do black butterflies bring? (from Her Narrative)

Hope.
Happy news.
It does not say.
Warnings of death.
10)

What happened to the male narrator's mother the last time he saw her? (from His Narrative)

His mother died in childbirth.
She was killed by soldiers
She fainted as he was sailing away.
His mother is in the boat with him.
11)

What does the female narrator see as they drive to ville rose? (from Her Narrative)

Dogs licking dead faces.
Neither of these.
A soldier shaving a woman's head.
Both of these.
12)

What is the female narrator's father waiting for before they can leave the city? (from Her Narrative)

The gasoline ban to be lifted.
The radio group to disband.
To hear news about the first narrator.
Soldiers to escort them out.
13)

Why do the other people on the boat offer to take care of the baby for Celianne? (from His Narrative)

Celianne needs to rest; she is exhausted from delivering the baby.
The baby is in fact dead and is beginning to smell.
There is no baby on the boat.
The baby will not stop crying in Celianne's arms and is beginning to annoy the rest of the passengers.
14)

How long does the female narrator say banyan trees last? (from Her Narrative)

Hundreds of years.
Fifty years.
Ten years.
One year.
15)

Who says, "It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you?" (from His Narrative)

The old man.
The male narrator.
The captain.
It does not specify.
16)

Who says, "He cannot protect us. Only God can protect us?" (from Her Narrative)

The narrator.
The male narrator.
Manman.
Madan Roger.
17)

What does the female narrator say has become her "most trusted friend?" (from Her Narrative)

The banyan tree.
Her journal.
Manman.
Butterflies.
18)

What were the soldiers asking Madan Roger? (from Her Narrative)

Why she was unhappy.
Where the male narrator was.
Whether she was a member of the youth federation her son belonged to.
Whether she was planning to kill the president.
19)

What does the female narrator say her father moves like when she thanks him? (from Her Narrative)

A true father.
A butterfly.
A soldier.
A bear.
20)

Who says, "I don't know what is going to happen, but I cannot see staying here forever?" (from Her Narrative)

Manman.
The female narrator.
The narrator's father.
Madan Roger.
21)

What do bright butterflies bring? (from Her Narrative)

Hope.
Death.
Sad news.
Happy news.
22)

Who said, "Oh yes, you can let them kill somebody because you are afraid. They are the law. It is their right?" (from Her Narrative)

The narrator's father.
Madan Roger.
The female narrator.
The narrator's mother.
23)

What is the female narrator referring to in this sentence, "And when we see each other again, it will seem like we lost no time?" (from Her Narrative)

Recording tapes to each other so they can send them in the mail.
Their reunion in Miami.
The idea that if they keep writing one another it will seem like they were never apart.
Their reunion in death.
24)

What rumor spreads in Haiti? (from Her Narrative)

That the new president will save the country.
That the president is dead.
That the president is coming back.
That the president was assassinated.
25)

Who said, "Gossip spreads here like everywhere else"? (from His Narrative)

The male narrator.
The old man.
Celianne.
A woman on the boat.
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