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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why had Nadia visited Miami previously?
(a) She has an aunt who lives there.
(b) She was born there.
(c) Spring break with her girlfriends.
(d) She was married there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Babette's job?

3. What meal does Gaspard request?

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

5. Who gives Anika the news about Thomas's wife and daughter dying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anika do after she learns about the earthquake in Haiti?

2. What is Elsie's job in Section 1? Does she like it?

3. How does the earthquake in Haiti impact Thomas's life?

4. Who is Mona and how does Elsie describe her?

5. What is Nadia's "spot" and how does she describe it in Section 2?

6. What does Anika say initially attracted her to Thomas?

7. What are the key physical differences in Thomas since the earthquake?

8. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

9. What is the job that the narrator and her husband have?

10. How does the narrator help Melisande take her medication?

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