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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 are the main characters in the story?
(a) The two narrators; they are not named.
(b) Celianne and Edwidge.
(c) Edwidge and Danticat.
(d) Krik and Krack.

2. Who said, "If you see me again, I'll be so dark?"
(a) The female narrator.
(b) Narrator 2's mother.
(c) The male narrator.
(d) Narrator 2's father.

3. Why does the male narrator have to throw out his notebook?
(a) The pages are all written on and he has no more use for them.
(b) He wants to be one with the sea; the notebook is preventing this.
(c) The other passengers think he is writing about them.
(d) They are trying to lighten the boat.

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

5. What does the male narrator have with him besides the notebook?
(a) A hat.
(b) Two gourds in change.
(c) A Swiss Army knife.
(d) A pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the male narrator dream?

2. How old does the male narrator originally think Celianne is?

3. Why does the male narrator feign nausea?

4. What do the passengers use to cut Cèlianne's umbilical cord?

5. What does the first narrator wish he had with him?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what point does the female narrator's father feel hurt? What internal struggles seem to prevent him from reaching out?

2. How do the two houses the female narrator lives in differ?

3. Why is the first narrator happy there are no children on board?

4. How does the female narrator bathe in ville rose?

5. What happens during the female narrator's trip to Ville Rose?

6. What separates the male narrator from the other passengers? How does he think differently? What does he do that the other passengers do not?

7. What does the male narrator ponder regarding gender?

8. Describe the conditions on the boat.

9. 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?

10. What bird do both of the narrators mention? In what way do each of them refer to it?

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