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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Sophie when she meets Joseph?
(a) 19 years old.
(b) 18 years old.
(c) 21 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

2. What do Sophie and her grandmother buy at the market?
(a) Meat.
(b) Bread.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Beans.

3. What is the name of Sophie's mother's boyfriend?
(a) Chris.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Marc.
(d) Marcel.

4. How does Sophie's grandmother look during the visit?
(a) Teary-eyed.
(b) Pretty.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

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

6. What poem does Atie read before she leaves the house for the night?
(a) A poem Sophie wrote for her mother recently.
(b) A poem she read in a newspaper.
(c) One of her own poems.
(d) The poem Sophie wrote on a Mother's Day card years earlier.

7. Where does Sophie's mother live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) The Bronx.

8. What represents Sophie's mother in the poem?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A saint.
(c) A daffodil.
(d) A sunflower.

9. How does Atie try to cheer Sophie up?
(a) By telling her a funny story.
(b) By taking her for a walk.
(c) By serving her more pudding.
(d) By telling her a stupid joke.

10. What does Sophie keep dreaming about?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her dog.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Her father.

11. What do Sophie and Joseph do after the last test of Sophie's mother?
(a) They break up.
(b) They run off to get children.
(c) They stay in Joseph's house.
(d) They run off to get married.

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

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

14. Which number does Atie use to win the lottery?
(a) Ife's age.
(b) Martine's age.
(c) Her own age.
(d) Sophie's age.

15. Why does Sophie not want anybody to see her body?
(a) Because she has become proud of her body.
(b) Because she has become ashamed of her body .
(c) Because she feels ugly.
(d) Because it is none of their business.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sophie get up early in the morning in Chapter 16?

2. What does Joseph ask Sophie when he comes home from touring the second time?

3. What does the new supper guest bring as a gift?

4. How long do Sophie and her aunt sit in a van on their way to Sophie's grandmother?

5. Who is the woman that picks Sophie up also caring for?

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