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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Sophie's mother decide to come for a visit?
(a) When Sophie asks her to come.
(b) When she gets the cassette.
(c) When she gets a phone call.
(d) When she gets sick.

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

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

4. When does Sophie say she will go visit her mother during their phone call the day Sophie takes Brigitte to the doctor?
(a) That weekend.
(b) That evening.
(c) Two weekends from now.
(d) Tomorrow.

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

6. 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 man's voice.
(d) A ghost's voice.

7. 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.

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

9. What does Atie do instead of going to Louise's house?
(a) She sits on the porch with Sophie.
(b) She sits on the porch with Louise.
(c) She sits on the porch with Ifé.
(d) She sits on the porch with Martine.

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

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

12. 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 is busy doing something else.
(c) Because Atie does not want Sophie to see her cry.
(d) Because Atie does not want Sophie to hug her.

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

14. What does Atie do when Louise comes over and tells her the Macoutes killed the coal vendor?
(a) She massages Louise's scalp.
(b) She massages Louise's shoulders.
(c) She gives Louise some tea.
(d) She starts crying.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Sophie tell Joseph the night they watch a movie about two lovers?

4. Where does Sophie's mother kiss Sophie when she arrives at her mother's house?

5. How do we know Atie does not come home the night she misses dinner?

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