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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Martine and Atie's parents used to tell stories about?
(a) About the clouds.
(b) About the moon.
(c) About the stars.
(d) About the devil.

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

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

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. What does Sophie need for her relationship with Joseph to work out?
(a) She needs to eat more food.
(b) She needs understanding.
(c) She needs an aphrodisiac.
(d) She needs another child.

6. 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 appetite.
(c) That she is worried about her health.
(d) That she is worried about her mother.

7. According to Atie, why should Sophie treat her mother well?
(a) Because Sophie would want her daughter to treat her well.
(b) Because Atie loves her sister.
(c) Because Sophie does have her mother forever.
(d) Because Sophie does not have her mother forever.

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

9. Who makes dinner the night Atie comes back home?
(a) Grandme.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Atie.
(d) Louise.

10. What does Sophie do when her mother cooks her a big breakfast?
(a) She eats it all.
(b) She doesn't want to eat.
(c) She throws the food away.
(d) She picks at her food.

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

12. Who does Sophie call from her mother's apartment when she's back in the United States?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Atie.
(c) Ifé.
(d) Marc.

13. What does Sophie's mother decide to do about her pregnancy?
(a) She is going to give the baby to Sophie.
(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 have the baby adopted.

14. What happens to Sophie's mother at the end of the book?
(a) She hangs herself.
(b) She gets sick.
(c) She stabs herself in the stomach.
(d) She takes pills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie do after the funeral?

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

3. Who buys the pig from Louise?

4. What does Sophie think about when she goes to bed with Joseph the second night back from Haiti?

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

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