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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the male narrator say has finally made him an African?
(a) Being one with the sea.
(b) The sun beating down and constantly darkening his skin.
(c) The fact he is fleeing his homeland.
(d) Rowing a boat towards America.

2. Who are the main characters in the story?
(a) Edwidge and Danticat.
(b) Krik and Krack.
(c) The two narrators; they are not named.
(d) Celianne and Edwidge.

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

4. What do the Protestants see themselves as?
(a) Adam and Eve.
(b) Sodom and Gomorrh.
(c) Job or the Children of Israel.
(d) Noah's Ark.

5. What was the name given to the Radio group the male narrator belonged to?
(a) Radio Six.
(b) Radio One.
(c) Radio Seven.
(d) Radio Haiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first narrator's name?

2. What do the passengers use to cut Cèlianne's umbilical cord?

3. Who said, "Maybe it's like you've always said. I imagine too much?"

4. Who says, "I see you crying like a crushed snail, the way you cried when I helped you pull out your first tooth?"

5. What was the male narrator's radio show about?

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