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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the first narrator say is the predominant religion of the others on board?
(a) Protestant.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Catholic.
(d) They are not religious.

2. Who says, "Banyan trees are holy and sometimes if we call the gods from beneath them, they will hear our voices clearer?"
(a) Madan Roger.
(b) Manman.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The female narrator.

3. Why does the male narrator refer to Agwé?
(a) Because Agwe is the captain.
(b) Because he has to throw his possessions overboard.
(c) Because Agwe talks to him
(d) Because Agwe will protect him.

4. Who says, "Maybe we will go to Guinin, to live with the spirits, to be with everyone who has come and has died before us?"
(a) The captain.
(b) The male narrator.
(c) Celianne.
(d) The old man.

5. Who said, "Gossip spreads here like everywhere else"?
(a) A woman on the boat.
(b) The old man.
(c) Celianne.
(d) The male narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the female narrator say her father moves like when she thanks him?

2. How does the second narrator pass time in the house?

3. Who is the female narrator referring to in this sentence, "I wish he would catch a bullet so we could see how scared he really is"?

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

5. What do bright butterflies bring?

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