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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marie discover when she gets back from buying groceries in the summer?
(a) Rhonda beating up Robbie.
(b) Robbie beating up Helene.
(c) Helene beating up Rhonda.
(d) Rhonda beating up Helene.

2. Where is the twins' father?
(a) He is dead.
(b) He is in California.
(c) He is in Ghana.
(d) He is abroad.

3. What does Marie get at Helene's wake?
(a) Helene's diary.
(b) Helene's ashes.
(c) A drawing of Helene.
(d) A photo set of herself and Helene.

4. Where does the narrator's mother live?
(a) Boston.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Paris.
(d) Martinique.

5. Who is Phillip?
(a) Marie's boyfriend.
(b) Marie's boss.
(c) Ross's friend.
(d) Ross's boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the twins?

2. Where does Ross send Marie for an operation?

3. Who does the narrator have a tense relationship with?

4. Who runs away from Agathe's house?

5. Who is the first person the narrator knew to be undercover?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Aisha?

2. What job does Ross offer to Marie?

3. Why is Marie ashamed of the memory of Helene's 13th birthday?

4. What happens when Marie takes Agathe to the airport?

5. Why was the early 1960s such a scary time for Marie?

6. Where do Marie's sons stay for a night in Connecticut?

7. Who is Chris?

8. What is Marie like as a child?

9. Where does Marie take the boys in the first chapter?

10. Who took over Agathe's job as the mother figure when she left?

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