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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where does the radio pick up a broadcast from?
(a) Miami.
(b) Haiti.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Cuba.
2. Who says they see a coast guard boat coming?
(a) The male narrator.
(b) The captain.
(c) Celianne.
(d) The old man.
3. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?
(a) "Like prisoners."
(b) "Like royalty."
(c) "Like slaves."
(d) "Like dogs."
4. What did the first narrator like about the radio show?
(a) The narrator didn't like the radio show.
(b) The freedom of speech.
(c) The music.
(d) Being a rebel.
5. What does the male narrator say has finally made him an African?
(a) Rowing a boat towards America.
(b) The sun beating down and constantly darkening his skin.
(c) Being one with the sea.
(d) The fact he is fleeing his homeland.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the passengers do to ease their nausea?
2. Which of these statements is false?
3. What does the male narrator dream?
4. Why is the young man on the boat fleeing for a second time?
5. 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?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens in the male narrator's dream?
2. What does the female narrator do in a "last resort" way to preserve hope after the black butterflies come? Does it work?
3. What does the male narrator remember about Miami?
4. What does the young man on the boat have to prove that he is a political refugee? Why is it necessary to have these things?
5. Describe the Banyan tree. Why is it important?
6. Describe the old man on the boat.
7. Think about the male narrator's references to skin color. How does this reflect the social prejudices prevalent in the story?
8. How do the passengers spend time on the boat?
9. What concern does the female narrator's father express for the male narrator? How is this significant?
10. Describe Celianne.
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