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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Louise standing when she shouts Atie's name before picking her up?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On the road.
(c) At the neighbor's house.
(d) In the yard.

2. Why does Sophie not want anybody to see her body?
(a) Because she has become ashamed of her body .
(b) Because she has become proud of her body.
(c) Because she feels ugly.
(d) Because it is none of their business.

3. How does Sophie feel after she has her baby?
(a) Pretty.
(b) Sad.
(c) Fat.
(d) Tired.

4. What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A secretary.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A doctor.

5. Who is the outsider that joins the family for supper one evening at Ife's house?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Louise.
(d) Marc.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which number does Atie use to win the lottery?

2. What does Sophie's mother do after waiting for Sophie to come home?

3. What does Sophie drink during the potluck dinner for which Atie has been preparing food all day?

4. How do Sophie and her aunt travel the rest of the trek to the grandmother?

5. How old is Joseph when Sophie meets him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in when Sophie comes home after talking to her therapist about her mother in Chapter 35?

2. Sophie asks her mother why she put her through those tests. What does Sophie's mother answer?

3. Before Sophie leaves, Atie wants her to say goodbye to her grandmother, Ifé. How do Sophie and Atie get to the grandmother?

4. What happens when Sophie returns to Haiti for her mother's funeral?

5. What story does Sophie think about when she goes to bed with a pestle?

6. What happens during the potluck dinner Atie and Sophie attend in Chapter 1?

7. What does Sophie initially talk about with her therapist in Chapter 32?

8. Sophie talks for the first time about her mother in the conversation with her therapist. What does Sophie say about her mother?

9. What is Sophie's first year of her marriage like?

10. One night Sophie's grandmother cooks beans and she and Sophie have a conversation about Sophie's husband. What do they talk about?

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