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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Melisande?
(a) 17 or 16.
(b) 40 or 41.
(c) 21 or 22.
(d) 30 or 31.

2. Who is Gaspard?
(a) Elsie's patient.
(b) Elsie's ex-husband.
(c) Elsie's son.
(d) Elsie's brother.

3. Who has an outstanding bill at the hotel in "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?
(a) A senator.
(b) All the refugees they house at the hotel.
(c) Xavier.
(d) Melisande and her mother.

4. Where is Melisande's second doctor from?
(a) America.
(b) Canada.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Cuba.

5. What does Dosa mean?
(a) Motherland.
(b) Surplus child.
(c) Little sister.
(d) Loved one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Olivia?

2. Who is Xavier?

3. What does Melisande learn about her first doctor?

4. When asked where she contracted the virus, what is Melisande's answer?

5. What is the name of the first short story in the novel?

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