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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Sophie's mother when Sophie calls the sender of the message back and asks where her mother is?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In a nursery room.
(c) In the morgue.
(d) At the doctor.

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

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

5. Why is Sophie's mother afraid being back at home?
(a) Because she is pregnant.
(b) Because she doesn't want to be with Marc anymore.
(c) Because she doesn't like New York.
(d) Because Sophie is pregnant.

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

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

8. After skipping dinner one night, she joins in again. What does Atie do after that dinner?
(a) She goes for her reading lesson.
(b) She goes for her music lesson.
(c) She does the dishes.
(d) She goes out with Louise.

9. Why does Atie think she was a fool, while she is standing in her room talking to Sophie?
(a) Because Atie thought Louise was not her friend.
(b) Because Atie thought Louise was going to stay near her forever.
(c) Because Atie thought Louise was her friend.
(d) Because Atie thought Louise was married.

10. How do Sophie and her mother say goodbye to Atie and Ifé?
(a) They shake hands.
(b) They hug Atie and Ifé goodbye.
(c) They wave Atie and Ifé goodbye.
(d) They kiss Atie and Ifé goodbye.

11. Who is worried about Sophie, according to Sophie's mother?
(a) Atie.
(b) Louise.
(c) Joseph.
(d) The neighbor.

12. What does Sophie's grandmother tell Martine on a cassette?
(a) To come visit.
(b) Not to worry about Sophie.
(c) That Sophie will stay with her.
(d) To worry about Sophie.

13. Whose name does Sophie write on her paper?
(a) Her father's name.
(b) Her mother's name.
(c) Her aunt's name.
(d) Her grandmother's name.

14. What does Sophie talk about to her therapist after she scolds her?
(a) About her trip.
(b) About her health.
(c) About her weekend.
(d) About her husband.

15. How does Sophie describe the relationship with her mother to her therapist?
(a) She says she and her mother love each other.
(b) She says she and her mother hate each other.
(c) She says she and her mother want to stay together forever.
(d) She says she and her mother want to be good to each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atie do after the meal with the guest?

2. How many other girls are in the group with Sophie?

3. Who goes with Sophie to Port-au-Prince?

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

5. Why does Sophie not want to disturb Atie when she goes to bed?

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