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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Her Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?
(a) "Like prisoners."
(b) "Like royalty."
(c) "Like dogs."
(d) "Like slaves."

2. Why do the passengers choose the name Swiss?
(a) Because they were trying to survive on rations of cheese.
(b) Because of the ethnicity of Celianne.
(c) Because Celianne dreamed of going to Switzerland.
(d) For the knife they used to cut the umbilical cord.

3. Where did the second narrator's family hide when soldiers came to Madan Roger's house?
(a) The woods.
(b) The closet.
(c) The latrine.
(d) The bedroom.

4. Who says, "It is only my misfortune that would lump me together with an indigent like you?"
(a) The male narrator.
(b) The captain.
(c) It does not specify.
(d) The old man.

5. What is the difference between day and night in the boat?
(a) The sun is up during the day; at night the sun sets.
(b) All of these.
(c) At night it is cold and the sea and sky are one.
(d) During the day it is hot and sunny, the sea and the sky are separate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the female narrator hear over the radio at the end of the story?

2. Why does the female narrator think she will not marry a well-established man?

3. Who says, "He cannot protect us. Only God can protect us?"

4. Who says, "all anyone can hope for is just a tiny bit of love, like a drop in a cup if you can get it, or a waterfall, a flood, if you can get that too"?

5. Who is the male narrator referring to when he says, "They're almost not human?"

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