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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mona live?
(a) Italy.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Haiti.
(d) New York.

2. Who is Dede?
(a) Mona's husband.
(b) Blaise's friend.
(c) Elsie's brother.
(d) Olivia's boyfriend.

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

4. What drink does Elsie get drunk off of in Section 1?
(a) Wine.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Rum.
(d) Beer.

5. What does Melisande learn about her first doctor?
(a) He contracted AIDS.
(b) He was murdered.
(c) He was a sex-offender.
(d) He was scamming her.

6. How does the narrator help Melisande take her medication?
(a) She pays Melisande to take it.
(b) She hides it in her porridge.
(c) They have breakfast together.
(d) She crushes it and pours it into a drink.

7. What is one of Blaise's "many obsessions" (4)?
(a) Clean house.
(b) Clean shaven.
(c) Clean clothes.
(d) Clean fingernails.

8. 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.

9. Who is Roro?
(a) A Haitian singer.
(b) Thomas's assistant.
(c) Anika's husband.
(d) Anika's son.

10. What is Thomas's wife's heritage?
(a) Haitian and Japanese.
(b) Native American and Haitian.
(c) Lebanese and Haitian.
(d) Haitian and Irish.

11. What type of beer do Nadia and her mother drink?
(a) Coors Light.
(b) Red Stripe.
(c) Budweiser.
(d) Prestige.

12. What is Nadia's job?
(a) Actor.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Writer.
(d) Teacher.

13. What holiday do Thomas and Anika meet up?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Fourth of July.
(d) Memorial Day.

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

15. Who is Mona?
(a) Gaspard's daughter.
(b) Elsie's best friend.
(c) Blaise's new wife.
(d) Elsie's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elsie live?

2. Where does the final scene of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" take place?

3. Who is Olivia?

4. What does Anika promise Thomas in order to get him to meet up with her?

5. How much are each of Melisande's pills from her first doctor?

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