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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: In the Old Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Blaise's profession?
(a) Musician.
(b) Bartender.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Janitor.

2. What painting is above Nadia's table?
(a) A map of Haiti.
(b) A baby girl swimming in a bowl of squash soup.
(c) A bowl of fruit.
(d) A sunset.

3. What is Nadia doing at the start of "In the Old Days"?
(a) Grading essays.
(b) Watching T.V.
(c) Flying to Miami.
(d) Eating at her mother's restaurant.

4. Who is Blaise?
(a) Elsie's brother.
(b) Elsie's patient.
(c) Elsie's best friend.
(d) Elsie's ex-husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maurice's wife give Nadia to eat when she gets to Miami?

3. What does Blaise say happened to Olivia?

4. What is one of Blaise's "many obsessions" (4)?

5. When did Nadia's father die?

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