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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What nickname does Gaspard call Elsie?
(a) My darling.
(b) My pet.
(c) My honeybee.
(d) My flower.

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

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

5. What does Anika wear to her meeting with Thomas?
(a) Pajamas.
(b) A green pant's suit.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) A black dress.

6. How old is Wesley?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 18 years.
(d) 20 years.

7. Where does Maurice want his ashes spread?
(a) New York City.
(b) His school in Port-au-Prince.
(c) Nadia's yard.
(d) The ocean.

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

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

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

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

12. What lie did Nadia's mother tell her?
(a) Her father abandoned her, but in fact he never knew about her.
(b) Her father was dead.
(c) Her father is white.
(d) She has no siblings.

13. What book do Nadia's students write about?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Anne of Green Gables.
(d) The Stranger.

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

15. What is Thomas's favorite drink?
(a) He does not drink.
(b) Guinness.
(c) Dirty Martinis.
(d) Chilean Pinot Noir.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times had Nadia met her father before his wife calls her and asks her to come to see him?

2. What is Melisande diagnosed with?

3. What painting is above Nadia's table?

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

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

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