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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Atie when Martine and Ifé come back from their errand?
(a) Atie is sleeping.
(b) Atie is on the porch.
(c) Atie is in the kitchen.
(d) Atie went out.

2. What does Sophie say when her therapist asks her if she went to the spot where her mother was raped during the trip?
(a) That she will never go there.
(b) That she tried to go there.
(c) That she stopped by it.
(d) That she ran past it.

3. What would Sophie do whenever her mother "tested" her?
(a) She asked her to stop.
(b) She cried.
(c) Pretended she was somewhere else.
(d) She thought nothing.

4. Why does Sophie not eat much during lunch on the plane?
(a) Because she has bulimia.
(b) Because she is sad.
(c) Bcause she has cancer.
(d) Because she is not hungry.

5. Where is Sophie's mother buried?
(a) In France.
(b) In Haiti.
(c) In the Dominican Republic.
(d) In the United States.

6. When do the members of the group write the name of their abuser on a sheet of paper?
(a) At the end of the meeting.
(b) At the beginning of the meeting.
(c) Ten minutes into the meeting.
(d) Never.

7. What did Atie used to call the hill in the distance?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Guinea.
(d) Guadeloupe.

8. What does Sophie's mother lend Sophie when she leaves?
(a) Her watch.
(b) Her apartment.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her bicycle.

9. How do we know Atie does not come home the night she misses dinner?
(a) Atie's bed is still made in the morning.
(b) Atie calls home to excuse herself.
(c) Atie pretends to sleep in her bed.
(d) Atie tells everybody she didn't come home.

10. What color are the clothes Sophie picks for her mother to wear?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

11. What do Atie and Ifé do when Sophie's mother arrives for a visit?
(a) They run to Sophie's mother in the kitchen to hug her.
(b) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to hug her.
(c) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to kiss her.
(d) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to yell at her.

12. What happens to Sophie's mother each time she thinks about having the baby taken out?
(a) She cannot eat.
(b) She cannot bathe.
(c) She cannot breathe.
(d) She cannot sleep.

13. What does Atie do after the meal with the guest?
(a) She reads a love letter.
(b) She reads a book.
(c) She ties a pig to a pole in the yard.
(d) She reads a love poem.

14. When does Sophie see the light go out that she and her grandmother watch during supper?
(a) The light never goes out.
(b) Two hours later.
(c) At midnight.
(d) About an hour later.

15. What does Sophie think about when she goes to bed with Joseph the second night back from Haiti?
(a) She thinks about Henry Napoleon.
(b) She thinks about another man.
(c) She thinks about her grandmother.
(d) She thinks about the Marassas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sophie leave Joseph?

2. Who is asleep when the family arrives back in New York?

3. How do Marc and Sophie's mother behave over dinner?

4. What does Atie do when Louise comes over and tells her the Macoutes killed the coal vendor?

5. What does Sophie tell her therapist when she goes back to see her?

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