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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Manman?
(a) The female narrator's mother.
(b) Their neighbor.
(c) The maid.
(d) The female narrator's father.

2. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?
(a) "Like royalty."
(b) "Like prisoners."
(c) "Like slaves."
(d) "Like dogs."

3. What is the gender of the first narrator?
(a) Transgender.
(b) Male.
(c) Female.
(d) It does not say.

4. What happened to the male narrator's mother the last time he saw her?
(a) His mother died in childbirth.
(b) She was killed by soldiers
(c) She fainted as he was sailing away.
(d) His mother is in the boat with him.

5. What items does the second narrator's father want her to throw away?
(a) Tapes of her boyfriend's radio show.
(b) Her schoolbooks.
(c) Her notebook.
(d) Her makeup.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is used as the sail of the boat?

2. 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"?

3. Who are the main characters in the story?

4. Why do the other people on the boat offer to take care of the baby for Celianne?

5. What constantly surrounds the female narrator near the end of the story?

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