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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Celianne let go of her baby?
(a) The baby is all she has.
(b) Celianne does not have a baby.
(c) No one will hold the baby for her.
(d) She will start crying otherwise.

2. What is the setting the second narrator is in?
(a) A boat at sea.
(b) The Bahamas.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Miami.

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

4. Fill in the blanks. "Sometimes you have to choose between _________ and _________."
(a) Freedom and safety.
(b) Your mother and your father.
(c) Liberty and death.
(d) Your father and the man you love.

5. Why is the young man on the boat fleeing for a second time?
(a) He is actually a U.S. citizen.
(b) He is a drug runner and the police are after him.
(c) He needs proper medical care for his leg.
(d) He escaped once but was brought back by the Coast Guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the female narrator tell her father that she loves her boyfriend?

2. What does the first narrator say the sea smells like?

3. What spirit does the male narrator say he has to throw his remaining possessions over to?

4. What is the connection between the old man and Cèlianne?

5. Which of these appear in the first narrator's dream?

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