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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sophie do after the funeral?
(a) She runs to the house of her grandmother.
(b) She runs into the cane fields.
(c) She runs into the grave.
(d) She runs into the river.

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

3. What does Sophie answer when her therapist asks her if she ever hated her mother?
(a) Not ever.
(b) Every day.
(c) It was not hate.
(d) Sometimes.

4. What kind of light do Ifé and Sophie watch while they eat supper together?
(a) A light moving back and forth nearby.
(b) A light being switched on and off.
(c) A light moving back and forth in the distance.
(d) The ligth of a plane.

5. 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.

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

7. Why does Sophie leave Joseph?
(a) Because they were connecting physically.
(b) Because they were not in love anymore.
(c) Because they were not connecting physically.
(d) Because they hated each other.

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

9. What kind of group does Sophie attend in hopes of solving her problems?
(a) A sexual phobia group.
(b) An alcoholics anonymous group.
(c) A reading group.
(d) A sexual fantasy group.

10. Who is asleep when the family arrives back in New York?
(a) Everybody.
(b) Brigitte.
(c) Sophie.
(d) Sophie's mother.

11. How does Ifé answer when Sophie asks why mothers test their children?
(a) That a mother is obliged to do it by her husband.
(b) That she never tested her children.
(c) That a mother is supposed to hurt her daughter.
(d) Thet a mother is responsible for her daughter's purity.

12. What does the therapist suggest the unborn child is proof of?
(a) Of Sophie's mother's bad health.
(b) Of Sophie's mother's love for Marc.
(c) Of Sophie's mother's sense of humor.
(d) Of Sophie's mother's sexuality.

13. What does the therapist say Sophie's mother should do?
(a) She should see someone.
(b) She should talk to her husband.
(c) She should go back to the place of the rape.
(d) She should talk to Sophie.

14. What does Sophie offer her mother after she says she does not like being alone?
(a) She offers to take care of the baby.
(b) She offers to take her mother with her.
(c) She offers to stay with her longer.
(d) She offers to go back to Haiti.

15. Where does Sophie's mother kiss Sophie when she arrives at her mother's house?
(a) On the lips.
(b) On the forehead.
(c) On the shoulder.
(d) On the cheek.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Atie upset after Louise sells the pig?

2. Why is Sophie's mother thin when Sophie first meets her?

3. What happens to Sophie's mother at the end of the book?

4. What does Sophie's mother do while on the plane?

5. What does Sophie need for her relationship with Joseph to work out?

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