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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What tests did the first narrator take before leaving?
(a) Medical exams.
(b) Soldier exams.
(c) Bar exams.
(d) University exams.

3. Who is the father of Celianne's baby?
(a) The narrator.
(b) She is not sure; she was raped.
(c) Celianne is not pregnant.
(d) A forbidden lover.

4. What was the male narrator's last memory of his mother?
(a) Giving him money for his trip.
(b) Waving goodbye at the port.
(c) At home making dinner.
(d) Her fainting by the ocean.

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

6. Who is the male narrator referring to when he says, "They're almost not human?"
(a) None of the above.
(b) Babies.
(c) The other passengers.
(d) Soldiers.

7. 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 old man.
(b) The captain.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) Celianne.

8. What religion does the first narrator belong to?
(a) Catholic.
(b) The narrator is not very religious.
(c) Protestant.
(d) Voodoo.

9. Why doesn't Celianne's baby cry?
(a) Because the passengers take turns rocking it to sleep.
(b) Because it is a good baby.
(c) Because Celianne throws it overboard after she delivers.
(d) Because it is stillborn.

10. What color does the first narrator say the sea is at night?
(a) Blue.
(b) White, illuminated by the stars.
(c) Purple..
(d) Black.

11. What does the male narrator say he would name his child if it were born at sea?
(a) Hunger or Thirst, after his pain.
(b) Sun, moon, or star, after the elements.
(c) Freedom or liberty, after his journey.
(d) Hope or faith, after his plight.

12. What is the setting the first narrator is in?
(a) Miami.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Haiti.
(d) The sea.

13. What is the first narrator's name?
(a) Celianne.
(b) Edwidge.
(c) He is not named.
(d) Johnathon.

14. What does the first narrator do when Celianne goes into labor?
(a) Helps her deliver the baby.
(b) Asks if anyone on the boat is a doctor.
(c) Moves to the other end of the boat.
(d) Keeps bailing water out so the boat doesn't sink.

15. What is the male narrator afraid might happen once they get deep at sea?
(a) Having nightmares.
(b) The narrator does not say.
(c) Getting a sunburn.
(d) Getting lost.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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."

3. Why does the male narrator leave Haiti?

4. What does the male narrator pray for?

5. Which of these does not appear in the male narrator's dream?

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