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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Joseph's profession?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Musician.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Doctor.

2. What does Atie say she sometimes writes?
(a) Poems.
(b) Letters.
(c) Prose.
(d) Articles.

3. Who is the outsider that joins the family for supper one evening at Ife's house?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Marc.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) Louise.

4. When do Sophie and Joseph get married?
(a) One month after they run off.
(b) One month after they meet.
(c) Two months after they run off.
(d) One week after they run off.

5. Why does Sophie join her mother at work the first couple of months?
(a) Because school doesn't start for five months.
(b) Because her mother wants her to work.
(c) Because she doesn't want to go to school.
(d) Because school does not start for two months.

6. What life form does the woman in the story Sophie heard take on in order to stop bleeding?
(a) A bird.
(b) A fly.
(c) A butter flower.
(d) A butterfly.

7. What question does Joseph ask Sophie when he tells her he is leaving forever?
(a) If she wants to come with him.
(b) If she wants to marry him.
(c) If she wants to introduce him to her mother.
(d) If she wants anything from his house.

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

9. Why does Sophie give her daughter the middle name Ifé?
(a) After her grandmother.
(b) After her mother.
(c) After her aunt.
(d) After herself.

10. What does Atie ask Sophie and her mother to do after the family sees the package?
(a) To fight.
(b) To reconcile.
(c) To write a letter.
(d) To invite each other.

11. Where is the item that arrives for the family the day an outsider joins supper?
(a) At Louise's place.
(b) At the post.
(c) At the neighbor's house.
(d) At the bank.

12. In which language does Sophie's mother often speak to the people passing by?
(a) Spanish.
(b) English.
(c) French.
(d) Creole.

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

14. Why does Sophie get up early in the morning in Chapter 16?
(a) To eat an early breakfast.
(b) To bathe.
(c) To watch the village.
(d) To watch the sun rise.

15. How does Ifé feel after Atie yells at her makers at the kitchen table?
(a) Sad.
(b) She's laughing.
(c) She's crying.
(d) Shocked.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Sophie in the beginning of the book?

2. What does Sophie keep dreaming about?

3. When was the picture taken of Sophie and Joseph that Sophie looks at?

4. What does Sophie notice when she sees her grandmother naked outside in the bath shack?

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

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