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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Joseph do when Sophie finally comes home?
(a) He hits Sophie.
(b) He nearly falls over himself.
(c) He kisses Sophie all over her body.
(d) He falls on his knees.

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

6. What does Martine tell Sophie after she arrives from the United States?
(a) That she loves her.
(b) That she got all the pictures she sent.
(c) That she has to come back to the United States.
(d) That she didn't get all the pictures she sent.

7. What mode of transportation does the family use to get to the apartment?
(a) They take a bus.
(b) They take a car.
(c) Somebody they know picks them up.
(d) They take a cab.

8. 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.

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

10. What do the two sisters talk about after Atie decides not to go to Louise's house?
(a) About their relationship with their children.
(b) About their relationship with their parents.
(c) About their relationship with each other.
(d) About their relationship with men.

11. Who goes with Sophie to Port-au-Prince?
(a) Sophie's grandmother.
(b) Sophie's aunt.
(c) Sophie's mother.
(d) Louise.

12. How do we know Atie does not come home the night she misses dinner?
(a) Atie tells everybody she didn't come home.
(b) Atie pretends to sleep in her bed.
(c) Atie's bed is still made in the morning.
(d) Atie calls home to excuse herself.

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

14. What does Sophie's mother do while on the plane?
(a) She reads the paper.
(b) She smiles the whole time.
(c) She throws up.
(d) She looks out of the window.

15. Why is Sophie's mother thin when Sophie first meets her?
(a) She has cancer.
(b) She has bulimia.
(c) She has a cold.
(d) She is sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the members do with their paper after they write the name on it?

2. Where is Sophie's mother when Sophie calls the sender of the message back and asks where her mother is?

3. Where does Sophie sit the morning after Dessalines is killed?

4. What happens to Sophie's mother each time she thinks about having the baby taken out?

5. Who buys the pig from Louise?

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