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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tried to go there.
(b) That she will never go there.
(c) That she stopped by it.
(d) That she ran past it.

2. What does Atie call her life during a talk with Sophie while feeding the pig?
(a) Funny.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Empty.
(d) Boring.

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

4. Where does Sophie stop after her second appointment with her therapist?
(a) By the place where her sexual phobia group is held.
(b) By the place where her mother lives.
(c) By the place where her doctor lives.
(d) By the place where her reading group is held.

5. Why does Sophie's therapist scold her the first time she goes back to her?
(a) For not showing up for weeks.
(b) For showing up today.
(c) For going to Haiti.
(d) For disappearing so suddenly.

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

7. Why is Atie standing with her back to the wall when Sophie asks her a question about Brigitte?
(a) Because Atie does not want Sophie to see her angry face.
(b) Because Atie does not want Sophie to see her cry.
(c) Because Atie does not want Sophie to hug her.
(d) Because Atie is busy doing something else.

8. What kind of voice does the baby that speaks to Sophie's mother have?
(a) A woman's voice.
(b) A kid's voice.
(c) A ghost's voice.
(d) A man's voice.

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

10. Which word does Brigitte learn to say when Sophie gets home from her meeting?
(a) "Dada."
(b) "Gaga."
(c) "Papa."
(d) "Mama."

11. What did the stories of Martine and Atie's father do to them?
(a) They made them afraid.
(b) They made them sad.
(c) They made them happy.
(d) They made them weak.

12. What does Sophie do when her mother arrives for a visit?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She hugs her mother.
(c) She stands on the porch.
(d) She yells at her mother.

13. How does Sophie's therapist describe Sophie's mother going on in life the way she is?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Crazy.
(d) Good idea.

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

15. Who makes dinner the night Atie comes back home?
(a) Louise.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Atie.
(d) Grandme.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Atie when Martine and Ifé come back from their errand?

3. What do Atie and Ifé do when Sophie's mother arrives for a visit?

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

5. What would Sophie do whenever her mother "tested" her?

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