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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 does Sophie's mother live?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) New Jersey.

2. When was the picture taken of Sophie and Joseph that Sophie looks at?
(a) Before their wedding day.
(b) When they first met.
(c) On their wedding day.
(d) On the day Sophie left.

3. In the story about the woman who stopped bleeding, who transforms the woman?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Erzulie.
(c) Emily.
(d) Ursula.

4. How is chagrin treated?
(a) By drinking honey.
(b) With antibiotics.
(c) By eating a special herb.
(d) By drinking a special tea.

5. What is Joseph's profession?
(a) Nurse.
(b) Musician.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Atie and Sophie say about Brigitte on the way home?

2. How does Sophie feel after she has her baby?

3. What does Joseph ask Sophie when he comes home from touring the second time?

4. What does Louis want grandmother and Sophie to buy?

5. How long do Sophie and her aunt sit in a van on their way to Sophie's grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sophie falls in love with Joseph when she is eighteen. Who is Joseph and how does she fall in love with him?

2. Sophie and her grandmother eat their dinner outside in the yard, watching a light move back and forth in the distance. What does this light mean? What happens to it?

3. Sophie and her mother talk about their health in the plane on the way back to the United States. What starts the conversation and what do they say?

4. What does Sophie's room in Brooklyn look like?

5. One night, Sophie comes home from seeing Joseph and finds her mother waiting for her in the living room. What happens after Sophie gets home?

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

7. Why do Sophie's mother and grandmother go to the notary together?

8. What does Sophie see after she bathes and changes the baby?

9. What do Louise and Sophie talk about when Sophie gets out of the van and sees Louise?

10. Dessalines' death gets Sophie thinking about the Macoutes. What does she think about the Macoutes and how is that related to her mother?

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