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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 the Marassas.
(d) She thinks about another man.

3. When does Sophie see the light go out that she and her grandmother watch during supper?
(a) About an hour later.
(b) The light never goes out.
(c) At midnight.
(d) Two hours later.

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

5. Where does Sophie stop after her second appointment with her therapist?
(a) By the place where her doctor lives.
(b) By the place where her mother lives.
(c) By the place where her sexual phobia group is held.
(d) By the place where her reading group is held.

6. What does Atie do after the meal with the guest?
(a) She reads a book.
(b) She reads a love poem.
(c) She ties a pig to a pole in the yard.
(d) She reads a love letter.

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

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

9. Where do Martine and Ifé go the day after Martine arrives?
(a) To the market.
(b) To the notery.
(c) To the doctor.
(d) To the bakery.

10. What do the members do with their paper after they write the name on it?
(a) They throw the paper in the garbage.
(b) They show the paper to each other.
(c) They take the paper home.
(d) They burn the paper.

11. How many other girls are in the group with Sophie?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Sophie is the only girl.
(d) Three.

12. What does Sophie talk about to her therapist after she scolds her?
(a) About her health.
(b) About her husband.
(c) About her weekend.
(d) About her trip.

13. What does Sophie's mother sing the evening they all have dinner at her house?
(a) An old reggae song.
(b) An old love song.
(c) An old rap song.
(d) An old Negro spiritual.

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

15. What does Sophie saying her mother is pregnant bring back to her?
(a) It brings back her nightmares of her ex-husband.
(b) It brings back memories of Sophie's birth.
(c) It brings back loving memories.
(d) It brings back her nightmares of the rape.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Sophie's therapist describe Sophie's mother going on in life the way she is?

3. What do Macoutes do?

4. Why is Atie upset after Louise sells the pig?

5. What does Sophie offer her mother after she says she does not like being alone?

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