3. What does Ifé do when a boy wanders into the yard?
(a) Ifé yells at the boy.
(b) Ifé tells the boy a story.
(c) Ifé gives the boy food.
(d) Ifé gives the boy water.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the driver in the van calling Sophie on her way to La Nouvelle Dame Marie?

2. Where is the airport located?

3. Where does Sophie bathe in Chapter 16?

4. What does Atie make for breakfast the day after the potluck?

5. What do Sophie and Joseph do after the last test of Sophie's mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The night of the conversation between Sophie and her grandmother, Sophie's grandmother tells a story to a group of neighborhood boys. What is this story about?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. What does Sophie's therapist tell Sophie after she explains her mother's condition?

8. What happens during the week before Sophie leaves to see her mother?

9. How does Sophie feel after the meeting at her sexual phobia group?

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

(see the answer keys)

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