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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 notice a statue of Erzulie?
(a) On Ifé's dresser.
(b) On Atie's dresser.
(c) On Ifé's kitchen table.
(d) On Ifé's bed.

2. Why does Sophie give her daughter the middle name Ifé?
(a) After her mother.
(b) After her grandmother.
(c) After herself.
(d) After her aunt.

3. What does Sophie drink during the potluck dinner for which Atie has been preparing food all day?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Juice.
(c) Milk.
(d) Tea.

4. What question does Joseph ask Sophie when he tells her he is leaving forever?
(a) If she wants to introduce him to her mother.
(b) If she wants to marry him.
(c) If she wants anything from his house.
(d) If she wants to come with him.

5. Where does Sophie retrieve her daughter after noticing the statue of Erzulie?
(a) From Atie's room,
(b) From her own room,
(c) From Ifé's room,
(d) From the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where at her grandmother's house does Sophie drop her suitcase?

2. What does Sophie notice when she sees her grandmother naked outside in the bath shack?

3. Where does Sophie's mother live?

4. Who is the sender of the item that comes for the family?

5. What poem does Atie read before she leaves the house for the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens the night Sophie's mother introduces her boyfriend Marc to Sophie and what do they talk about?

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

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

5. In Book 3, Chapter 26, Sophie overhears her mother and grandmother talking. What are they talking about and what happens after the conversation?

6. What happens the night Joseph comes home from touring and takes Sophie out to the Note?

7. What does Sophie do after the conversation about her mother with her therapist?

8. What name does Sophie make up for her boyfriend and how does her mother react?

9. Sophie calls her mother back when she gets home from dinner. What does Sophie's mother tell her?

10. What happens at Sophie's mother's apartment the weekend that Joseph, Sophie, and Brigitte drive there on the weekend?

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