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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Sophie's grandmother go with her face covered in ashes?
(a) To the cemetery.
(b) To visit the neighbor.
(c) To the market.
(d) To church.

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

4. What does Sophie tell her therapist when she goes back to see her?
(a) That she is worried about her daughter.
(b) That she is worried about her health.
(c) That she is worried about her appetite.
(d) That she is worried about her mother.

5. What did the stories of Martine and Atie's mother do to them?
(a) They made them afraid.
(b) They made them powerful.
(c) They made them happy.
(d) They made them strong.

6. What does Sophie saying her mother is pregnant bring back to her?
(a) It brings back loving memories.
(b) It brings back her nightmares of the rape.
(c) It brings back her nightmares of her ex-husband.
(d) It brings back memories of Sophie's birth.

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

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

9. What do Macoutes do?
(a) They roam the streets with dogs.
(b) They roam the streets with their Uzi machine guns.
(c) They roam the streets with their wives.
(d) They roam the streets handing out stuff.

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

11. What does Sophie find when she gets home after visiting her mother the evening of the singing?
(a) No messages on the answering machine.
(b) Two messages from her mother on the answering machine.
(c) A letter in the mail.
(d) Two messages from her mother in the mail.

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

13. Who is the message from that Sophie hears on the answering machine when she returns from therapy?
(a) Marc.
(b) Sophie's grandmother.
(c) Sophie's aunt.
(d) Joseph.

14. 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 yell at her.
(c) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to hug her.
(d) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to kiss her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sophie's therapist describe Sophie's mother going on in life the way she is?

2. What does Joseph do when Sophie finally comes home?

3. Why does Sophie leave Joseph?

4. What is Sophie watching the morning after Dessalines is killed?

5. How does Ifé answer when Sophie asks why mothers test their children?

(see the answer keys)

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