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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Atie and Sophie say about Brigitte on the way home?
(a) They talk about how weak Brigitte is.
(b) They talk about how strange Brigitte is.
(c) They talk about how strong Brigitte is.
(d) They talk about how tall Brigitte is.

2. What is the driver in the van calling Sophie on her way to La Nouvelle Dame Marie?
(a) Louise.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Wonderful.
(d) Pretty.

3. What is Sophie's mother's night job?
(a) Looking after an old woman.
(b) Looking after a family.
(c) Looking after a nurse.
(d) Looking after an old man.

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

5. How old is Joseph when Sophie meets him?
(a) 33 years old.
(b) 18 years old.
(c) 21 years old.
(d) 30 years old.

6. Who picks Sophie up at the airport in the United States?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

7. How long does Joseph stay in Providence after the incident between Sophie and her mother?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Five weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Five days.

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

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

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

11. Who does Sophie take a picture of?
(a) Her Aunt Atie.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Louise.

12. What does Sophie see on the drive out of Croix-des-Rosets?
(a) Red dust.
(b) Daffodils.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Children playing.

13. How does Sophie feel after she has her baby?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Tired.
(c) Fat.
(d) Sad.

14. What does Atie make for breakfast the day after the potluck?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Eggs and bacon.
(c) Cinnamon rice pudding.
(d) Chocolate pudding.

15. Where is the airport located?
(a) In François Duvalier
(b) In Port-au-Prince.
(c) In Croix-des-Rosets.
(d) In Prince-au-Port.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which color do Sophie and her mother love?

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

3. In the story about the woman who stopped bleeding, who transforms the woman?

4. How old is Sophie when she meets Joseph?

5. Where does Sophie keep her own pictures?

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