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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the second narrator listening for the first narrator's name on the radio?
(a) To see if he passed the University exams.
(b) To see if he is still alive.
(c) To see if the soldiers let him go free.
(d) To hear his political opinion.

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

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

4. Who were the soldiers looking for in Madan Roger's house?
(a) The female narrator's boyfriend.
(b) Madan Roger's son.
(c) The female narrator.
(d) Manman.

5. Who says, "Do you think your money is worth anything to me here?"
(a) Celianne.
(b) The old man.
(c) The captain.
(d) A woman on the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements is false?

2. How old is the male narrator?

3. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?

4. How old is the second narrator?

5. Who is the first narrator referring to in this sentence? "She is short and speaks in a singsong that reminds me of the villages of the north."

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