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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What specifically does the male narrator say about soldiers?
(a) They are not human.
(b) They are acting in the best interest of the country.
(c) They make a lot of money.
(d) His love should marry a soldier to protect her family.

4. Who says, "The sea in that spot is like the sharks that live there. It has no mercy?"
(a) Celianne.
(b) The old man.
(c) Agwe.
(d) The male narrator.

5. What did the first narrator like about the radio show?
(a) Being a rebel.
(b) The music.
(c) The narrator didn't like the radio show.
(d) The freedom of speech.

6. Celianne gives birth to:
(a) A baby girl.
(b) Nothing; it was a false labor.
(c) A boy.
(d) Celianne was never pregnant.

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

8. What does the male narrator say are the only newborn babies he has ever seen?
(a) Kittens.
(b) Celianne's baby.
(c) Puppies.
(d) Baby mice.

9. What spirit does the male narrator say he has to throw his remaining possessions over to?
(a) Gali, the spirit of hope.
(b) Zeus, the spirit of the sun.
(c) Vishnu, the spirit of the sky.
(d) Agwe, the spirit of the water.

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

11. Which of these appear in the first narrator's dream?
(a) His mother.
(b) The Haitian President.
(c) Mermaids.
(d) None of the above.

12. Fill in the blanks: "Someone says, Krik? You answer _______."
(a) Bam!
(b) Black!
(c) Krak!
(d) Tack!

13. What is the male narrator afraid might attract sharks?
(a) Applying tar to patch holes in the boat.
(b) Singing songs.
(c) Throwing the dead baby in the water.
(d) Throwing possessions overboard.

14. What is odd about Celianne's baby?
(a) It screams constantly.
(b) It has no hair.
(c) It does not cry.
(d) Celianne did not have a baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what do they patch the hole with at the bottom of the boat?

2. What does the male narrator have with him besides the notebook?

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

4. What do the passengers name Cèlianne's baby?

5. Who did the male narrator leave behind in Haiti?

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