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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the second narrator sketch butterflies anymore?
(a) She does not say.
(b) Because she doesn't know how.
(c) Because Madan Roger told her the black ones bring bad news.
(d) Because her father forbids her to.

2. What constantly surrounds the female narrator near the end of the story?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Black butterflies.
(c) Rain.
(d) The arms of the banyan tree.

3. Why does the female narrator's father sleep at his brother's house?
(a) It does not say.
(b) So that soldiers do not make him sleep with his daughter.
(c) Because he and the narrator's mother are separated.
(d) To protect his brother's family.

4. Who says, "I don't know what is going to happen, but I cannot see staying here forever?"
(a) The female narrator.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) Manman.
(d) Madan Roger.

5. Who says, "He cannot protect us. Only God can protect us?"
(a) The narrator.
(b) Manman.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) Madan Roger.

6. What kind of man does the female narrator's father want her to marry?
(a) One who can give her more than she has now.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Someone like the first narrator.
(d) Someone like her cousin.

7. What does the female narrator throw rocks at?
(a) All butterflies.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Black butterflies.
(d) Cockroaches.

8. What kind of tree does the second narrator stand underneath?
(a) A palm tree.
(b) A maple tree.
(c) A Magnolia tree.
(d) A Banyan tree.

9. What does the father do when the female narrator thanks him?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Moves his hand away and grunts.
(c) Cries.
(d) Gives her a hug.

10. What does the female narrator refer to the soldiers as?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Jerks.
(c) None of the above.
(d) The authority.

11. Where do the butterflies land to bring news?
(a) On the female narrator's head.
(b) On the female narrator's hand.
(c) On the female narrator's foot.
(d) On the female narrator's arm.

12. Who says, "You want to kill me too? Go ahead. I don't care anymore. I'm dead already. You have already done the worst to me that you can do. You have killed my soul?"
(a) Manman.
(b) Madan Roger.
(c) The female narrator.
(d) The female narrator's father.

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

14. Who says, "A banyan could become a forest if it were given a chance?"
(a) Manman.
(b) Madan Roger.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The narrator's father.

15. Who is Madan Roger?
(a) The female narrator's neighbor.
(b) The female narrator's uncle.
(c) The female narrator's mother.
(d) The female narrator's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these statements is true?

2. Who is the female narrator referring to in this passage, "He called me selfish, and he asked if i hadn't seen or heard what was happening to man-crazy whores like me. I shouted that i wasn't a whore. He had no business calling me that"?

3. What does the female narrator say seems to hurt her father's feelings?

4. What do black butterflies bring?

5. What happened at the airport?

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