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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the connection between the old man and Cèlianne?
(a) Uncle and niece.
(b) Nothing; they are both passengers.
(c) Father and daughter.
(d) Neighbors.

2. Why is the first narrator grateful there are no children on the boat?
(a) They do not understand oppression, therefore their presence is not validated.
(b) He could not bear their complaints or cries.
(c) They would remind him of the despair they are struggling against.
(d) They would add too much weight.

3. What does the first narrator wish he had with him?
(a) More money.
(b) Another notebook.
(c) A hat to protect himself from the sun.
(d) A pen because he is running out of ink.

4. Why does the female narrator think she will not marry a well-established man?
(a) They are very poor.
(b) Her father will not let her.
(c) They are not very well known in society.
(d) They do not speak Creole.

5. Who says, "Behind these mountains are more mountains and more black butterflies still and a sea that is endless like my love for you?"
(a) Neither.
(b) The male narrator.
(c) The female narrator.
(d) Both.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the first narrator do when Celianne goes into labor?

2. Where is the female narrator's family headed?

3. What is the male narrator afraid might happen once they get deep at sea?

4. What rumor spreads in Haiti?

5. What does the female narrator's father find in her room?

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