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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Manman.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her Uncle.

2. Who said, "Oh yes, you can let them kill somebody because you are afraid. They are the law. It is their right?"
(a) Madan Roger.
(b) The narrator's father.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The female narrator.

3. 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"?
(a) Manman.
(b) Madan Roger.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her father.

4. Why doesn't the female narrator's father approve of her boyfriend?
(a) He thinks the young man is not smart.
(b) They do not have the same political views.
(c) He is racist.
(d) He wants someone who can provide her with more.

5. What leads the narrator to believe her boyfriend is dead?
(a) The banyan tree dies.
(b) A soldier comes and tells her family.
(c) She hears a radio broadcast saying a boat has sunk.
(d) Her father tells her.

6. How does the second narrator pass time in the house?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Singing songs.
(c) Organizing Radio Six.
(d) Killing cockroaches.

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

8. Fill in the blanks. "Sometimes you have to choose between _________ and _________."
(a) Freedom and safety.
(b) Liberty and death.
(c) Your father and the man you love.
(d) Your mother and your father.

9. Where did the second narrator's family hide when soldiers came to Madan Roger's house?
(a) The closet.
(b) The bedroom.
(c) The latrine.
(d) The woods.

10. What does the female narrator hear over the radio at the end of the story?
(a) A boat sank off the coast of the Bahamas.
(b) The new president is back.
(c) Her boyfriend's voice.
(d) A boat was intercepted by the coast guard.

11. Why can't the female narrator's family get out of the city?
(a) The narrator refuses to leave until she hears from her boyfriend.
(b) There is a ban on gasoline.
(c) Her father doesn't want to leave.
(d) THey have no car.

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

13. What is the setting the second narrator is in?
(a) A boat at sea.
(b) Haiti.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Miami.

14. What is the gender of the second narrator?
(a) Female.
(b) It does not say.
(c) Male.
(d) There is no narrator.

15. What happened at the airport?
(a) They arrested and/or shot people waiting for the president's return.
(b) The president was assassinated.
(c) The president came back and regained his power.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say lies beyond the mountains?

3. Who used to be a gardener?

4. Where do the Haitian people gather to meet the president?

5. Why does the female narrator tell her father that she loves her boyfriend?

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