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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. When do the members of the group write the name of their abuser on a sheet of paper?
(a) At the beginning of the meeting.
(b) Ten minutes into the meeting.
(c) At the end of the meeting.
(d) Never.

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

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

6. What does Sophie think about when she goes to bed with Joseph the second night back from Haiti?
(a) She thinks about her grandmother.
(b) She thinks about Henry Napoleon.
(c) She thinks about another man.
(d) She thinks about the Marassas.

7. Who is worried about Sophie, according to Sophie's mother?
(a) Louise.
(b) Atie.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) Joseph.

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

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

10. What joke does Ifé make about Eliab?
(a) That Eliab wants to marry Atie.
(b) That Eliab wants to marry Sophie.
(c) That Eliab is her son.
(d) That Eliab wants to marry her.

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

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

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

14. What do Atie and Ifé do when Sophie's mother arrives for a visit?
(a) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to kiss her.
(b) They run to Sophie's mother in the kitchen to hug her.
(c) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to yell at her.
(d) They run to Sophie's mother in the yard to hug her.

15. Where do Ifé and Sophie eat their dinner when Tante Atie does not come home for supper?
(a) Outside in the yard.
(b) Outside on the porch.
(c) By the neighbors.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Martine and Atie's parents used to tell stories about?

2. Who does Sophie call from her mother's apartment when she's back in the United States?

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

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

5. Who is the message from that Sophie hears on the answering machine when she returns from therapy?

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