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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Nadia's father die?
(a) While she is holding his hand in his room.
(b) 1 day after she leaves Miami.
(c) Right before her plane landed in Miami.
(d) He ends up living three more years.

2. What does Anika really want to draw but does not know how?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Portraits.
(d) Lovers.

3. Where did the narrator of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" go to graduate school?
(a) California.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York.

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

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

6. What did Nadia's father die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart Attack.
(c) Lupus.
(d) AIDS.

7. What is Melisande diagnosed with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Zika.
(c) Lupus.
(d) AIDS.

8. What is one of the ways Nadia describes her mother?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Hurtful.
(d) Beautiful.

9. What does Olivia do the first night she meets Blaise?
(a) Falls in love with him.
(b) Fights with him.
(c) Kisses him.
(d) Gets on stage with him.

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

11. Why are Thomas and his family in Haiti during the time of the earthquake?
(a) To work on their marriage among family.
(b) To open a restaurant.
(c) To sell their house.
(d) To baptize their daughter.

12. Who gives Anika the news about Thomas's wife and daughter dying?
(a) His mother.
(b) Thomas.
(c) No one. Anika read it in the news paper.
(d) His assistant.

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

14. How long were Elsie and Blaise married for?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 1 year.

15. What is the narrator's job in "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?
(a) She is a doctor.
(b) She is a writer.
(c) She runs a hotel.
(d) She is a nanny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book do Nadia's students write about?

2. Who is Xavier?

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

4. What is Babette's job?

5. What does the title, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" refer to?

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