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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Sophie and her grandmother do after dinner when Atie leaves again?
(a) Sit and listen to the radio.
(b) Sit and listen to Atie.
(c) Sit and listen to night sounds.
(d) Sit and watch TV.

2. 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 loving memories.
(c) It brings back memories of Sophie's birth.
(d) It brings back her nightmares of the rape.

3. Who goes with Sophie to Port-au-Prince?
(a) Sophie's grandmother.
(b) Louise.
(c) Sophie's aunt.
(d) Sophie's mother.

4. Who is asleep when the family arrives back in New York?
(a) Brigitte.
(b) Everybody.
(c) Sophie's mother.
(d) Sophie.

5. What does Sophie find when she gets home after visiting her mother the evening of the singing?
(a) A letter in the mail.
(b) No messages on the answering machine.
(c) Two messages from her mother on the answering machine.
(d) Two messages from her mother in the mail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie's mother decide to do about her pregnancy?

2. What kind of light do Ifé and Sophie watch while they eat supper together?

3. Where is Atie when Martine and Ifé come back from their errand?

4. What does Atie call her life during a talk with Sophie while feeding the pig?

5. What happens to Sophie's mother each time she thinks about having the baby taken out?

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