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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. What is the first thing Melisande tells the Narrator in Section 3?
(a) "I hate you" (65).
(b) "I quit" (65).
(c) "I'm going to die" (65).
(d) "I'm pregnant" (65).

2. Where does Nadia live?
(a) Miami.
(b) Haiti.
(c) New York.
(d) Seattle.

3. Who is Xavier?
(a) The narrator's husband.
(b) Babette's husband.
(c) Melisande's boyfriend.
(d) The narrator's son.

4. Where does the final scene of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" take place?
(a) At the airport.
(b) At the pool.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the narrator's bedroom.

5. Why had Nadia visited Miami previously?
(a) Spring break with her girlfriends.
(b) She has an aunt who lives there.
(c) She was married there.
(d) She was born there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elsie live?

2. What is Nadia doing at the start of "In the Old Days"?

3. How old was Nadia's mother when she came to America?

4. How long did the father/son dictatorship last for in Haiti?

5. What lie did Nadia's mother tell her?

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