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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the small Haitian village where the story begins?
(a) Port-au-Prince.
(b) Ouanamente.
(c) Croix-des-Rosets.
(d) St. Croix.

2. Why does Atie need to go to the market?
(a) To get a remedy for her cold.
(b) To get a remedy for the lump in her calf.
(c) To get a remedy for Ifé's lump .
(d) To get a remedy for the lump on her back.

3. Where at her grandmother's house does Sophie drop her suitcase?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the road.
(c) In the yard.
(d) On the porch.

4. Which color do Sophie and her mother love?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

5. How does Sophie go to the airport?
(a) By foot.
(b) By bus.
(c) By taxi.
(d) By car.

6. How do Sophie and her grandmother react to Louise at the market?
(a) They ignore Louise.
(b) They listen to Louise.
(c) They laugh at Louise.
(d) They buy what Louise wants them to buy.

7. What does Sophie say when her mother asks to meet the man whose name Sophie made up?
(a) Sophie says he doesn't want to meet her mother.
(b) Sophie says he went back to Providence.
(c) Sophie says he is too busy graduating.
(d) Sophie says he went back to Haiti.

8. Where does Sophie notice a statue of Erzulie?
(a) On Ifé's kitchen table.
(b) On Ifé's dresser.
(c) On Ifé's bed.
(d) On Atie's dresser.

9. Where is Louise standing when she shouts Atie's name before picking her up?
(a) In the yard.
(b) On the road.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) At the neighbor's house.

10. Why does Sophie have sex with Joseph on their wedding night?
(a) Because he asks her to.
(b) Because she is drunk.
(c) Because she thinks she might like it.
(d) Because she feels like she owes it to him.

11. What does Joseph ask Sophie when he comes home from touring the second time?
(a) To join him next time.
(b) To go out again.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To meet Sophie's mother.

12. Who is the argument between that Sophie and her grandmother witness at the market?
(a) Two vendors.
(b) A Macoute and a customer.
(c) A woman and a coal vendor.
(d) A Macoute and a coal vendor.

13. What is the name of Sophie's daughter?
(a) Brigitte.
(b) Beatrix.
(c) Ingrid.
(d) Bernadette.

14. In the story about the woman who stopped bleeding, who transforms the woman?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Ursula.
(c) Erzulie.
(d) Emily.

15. What does Sophie say when her grandmother asks if her husband is a good man?
(a) No.
(b) Not always.
(c) Yes, very much so.
(d) Sometimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sophie's mother's night job?

2. What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?

3. Who does Sophie take a picture of?

4. How is chagrin treated?

5. How does Atie try to cheer Sophie up?

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