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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the second narrator sketch butterflies anymore?
(a) Because she doesn't know how.
(b) She does not say.
(c) Because her father forbids her to.
(d) Because Madan Roger told her the black ones bring bad news.

2. What does the narrator's father do the day the family leaves the city?
(a) Checks on Madan Roger.
(b) Apologizes to the female narrator.
(c) Kills a soldier.
(d) Burns their house down.

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

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

5. 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) Her Uncle.
(b) Her father.
(c) Manman.
(d) Her boyfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "A banyan could become a forest if it were given a chance?"

2. Why does the female narrator think her boyfriend might be dead?

3. What does the female narrator see as they drive to ville rose?

4. Who says, "Behind these mountains are more mountains and more black butterflies still and a sea that is endless like my love for you?"

5. What is the gender of the second narrator?

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