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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. Who is the male narrator referring to in these sentences: "They say the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. I have never been given very much. What was there to take away?"
(a) The Protestants on the boat.
(b) Radio Six.
(c) His family.
(d) The government.

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

3. Who said, "Gossip spreads here like everywhere else"?
(a) The old man.
(b) A woman on the boat.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) Celianne.

4. How old does the male narrator originally think Celianne is?
(a) Twelve or thirteen.
(b) Fifteen or sixteen.
(c) Seventeen or eighteen.
(d) Nineteen or twenty.

5. With what do they patch the hole with at the bottom of the boat?
(a) Cloth.
(b) The sole of a shoe.
(c) Tar.
(d) Paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the people on the boat sailing towards?

2. Why does the male narrator feign nausea?

3. How are Haitians treated in the Bahamas?

4. Who scarred Cèlianne's face?

5. Which of these statements is false?

Short Essay Questions

1. Think about the male narrator's references to skin color. How does this reflect the social prejudices prevalent in the story?

2. What happens at the airport? How does this tie to what the female narrator says about hope?

3. What happens in the male narrator's dream?

4. Why does Celianne jump overboard?

5. Why does the female narrator's father stay at his brother's house? What character embodies this fear?

6. What is the male narrator's last memory of his mother? How do you think this affects him?

7. Think about the two different styles of writing each narrator uses. What does this tell us about them?

8. From the female narrator's words only, what do we know about the political situation in Haiti? What is happening to them daily? What institutions are closed?

9. Describe the last time the male narrator saw his mother.

10. What happens after the female narrator thanks her father? What is significant about this?

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