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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the female narrator do when she sees the black butterfly?
(a) Reaches out her hand for it.
(b) Tries to kill it.
(c) Catches it in a net.
(d) She runs away so it won't land on her.

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

3. Why is the second narrator listening for the first narrator's name on the radio?
(a) To see if the soldiers let him go free.
(b) To see if he is still alive.
(c) To see if he passed the University exams.
(d) To hear his political opinion.

4. How does the female narrator's father prevent the her arrest?
(a) He shoots at them.
(b) He talks them out of it.
(c) He pays the soldiers off.
(d) He proves her innocence.

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

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

7. Who says, "You cannot just let them kill her?"
(a) Manman.
(b) The female narrator.
(c) Madan Roger.
(d) The female narrator's father.

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

9. What rumor spreads in Haiti?
(a) That the president is dead.
(b) That the president was assassinated.
(c) That the president is coming back.
(d) That the new president will save the country.

10. What do black butterflies bring?
(a) Hope.
(b) Warnings of death.
(c) Happy news.
(d) It does not say.

11. Who said, "If only i knew some good wanga magic, I would wipe them off the face of the earth?"
(a) Madan Roger.
(b) Madan.
(c) The second narrator.
(d) The second narrator's father.

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

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

14. 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 female narrator.
(c) The narrator's father.
(d) The narrator's mother.

15. What does the female narrator say her father moves like when she thanks him?
(a) A true father.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A bear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I don't know what is going to happen, but I cannot see staying here forever?"

2. What is the setting the second narrator is in?

3. How does the female narrator bathe herself?

4. What does the female narrator say has become her "most trusted friend?"

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

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