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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Atie upset after Louise sells the pig?
(a) Because Louise didn't want to take Ifé's money.
(b) Because Louise took Ifé's money and left the valley.
(c) Because Louise took Ifé's money and went home.
(d) Because Louise yelled at Atie.

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

3. 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 her ex-husband.
(c) It brings back her nightmares of the rape.
(d) It brings back memories of Sophie's birth.

4. What does Sophie's mother lend Sophie when she leaves?
(a) Her apartment.
(b) Her bicycle.
(c) Her car.
(d) Her watch.

5. How do Marc and Sophie's mother behave over dinner?
(a) They are very kind.
(b) They are very sad.
(c) They are very rude.
(d) They are laughing the whole time.

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

7. 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 starts crying.
(c) She massages Louise's shoulders.
(d) She gives Louise some tea.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. How does Sophie's therapist describe Sophie's mother going on in life the way she is?
(a) Crazy.
(b) Healthy.
(c) Good idea.
(d) Dangerous.

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

14. Who buys the pig from Louise?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Ifé.
(c) Martine.
(d) Atie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Ifé and Sophie eat their dinner when Tante Atie does not come home for supper?

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

3. Why is Sophie's mother afraid being back at home?

4. What kind of group does Sophie attend in hopes of solving her problems?

5. Where is Atie when Martine and Ifé come back from their errand?

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