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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the first short story in the novel?
(a) Dosas.
(b) LaLas.
(c) Unas.
(d) Dedes.

4. How old is Gaspard?
(a) 22.
(b) 100.
(c) 65.
(d) 35.

5. What does Maurice's wife give Nadia to drink when she gets to Miami?
(a) Guava Juice.
(b) Super sweet lemonade.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

6. Where are Nadia's father and his wife when she calls Nadia?
(a) Miami.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) New York.

7. How old is Melisande?
(a) 21 or 22.
(b) 40 or 41.
(c) 17 or 16.
(d) 30 or 31.

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

9. What is Elsie's job?
(a) Nurses's assistant.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Maid.
(d) Janitor.

10. Where did Thomas live before he moved to Miami?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Park Slope.

11. Where is Melisande's first doctor from?
(a) Cuba.
(b) America.
(c) Canada.
(d) Italy.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's job in "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?

2. Where does Thomas reveal he has been for the past few months?

3. How old is Wesley?

4. How much money does Elsie give Blaise?

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

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