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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Atie feed the pig after coming home the night of the supper?
(a) In the bath house.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the steps.

2. What does Eliab buy at the market when Sophie sends him there?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Milk and a mango.
(c) A mango.
(d) Milk.

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

4. 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 be good to each other.
(d) She says she and her mother want to stay together forever.

5. What does Sophie's mother decide to do about her pregnancy?
(a) She is going to have the baby adopted.
(b) She is not going to have the baby taken out.
(c) She is going to have the baby taken out.
(d) She is going to give the baby to Sophie.

6. What do Sophie and her grandmother do after dinner when Atie leaves again?
(a) Sit and listen to Atie.
(b) Sit and watch TV.
(c) Sit and listen to the radio.
(d) Sit and listen to night sounds.

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

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

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

10. Where is Sophie's mother buried?
(a) In the United States.
(b) In France.
(c) In Haiti.
(d) In the Dominican Republic.

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

12. What does Atie call her life during a talk with Sophie while feeding the pig?
(a) Empty.
(b) Boring.
(c) Funny.
(d) Exciting.

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

14. What does Sophie do when her mother arrives for a visit?
(a) She yells at her mother.
(b) She stands on the porch.
(c) She hugs her mother.
(d) She runs away.

15. Why does Sophie not eat much during lunch on the plane?
(a) Because she is sad.
(b) Because she is not hungry.
(c) Because she has bulimia.
(d) Bcause she has cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who buys the pig from Louise?

2. Where does Sophie's grandmother go with her face covered in ashes?

3. What mode of transportation does the family use to get to the apartment?

4. Where do Martine and Ifé go the day after Martine arrives?

5. When does Sophie say she will go visit her mother during their phone call the day Sophie takes Brigitte to the doctor?

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