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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 does Maurice's wife give Nadia to eat when she gets to Miami?
(a) Jerk Chicken.
(b) Bread Soup.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Oxtail.

2. What class does Anika teach at Miami Dade College?
(a) English.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Art History.

3. How does Thomas respond to his panic attack in the restaurant?
(a) He runs screaming out of the restaurant.
(b) He pours water on his head.
(c) He screams at the waiter.
(d) He gets into a ball and cries.

4. What does the narrator tell Babette to do about Melisande?
(a) Love her.
(b) Beat her.
(c) Abandon her.
(d) Kill her.

5. What drink does Gaspard request?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Rum.
(c) Orange Juice.
(d) Champagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Nadia's mother when she came to America?

2. What is Nadia's mother's restaurant named?

3. What does Anika notice is new about Thomas's appearance?

4. What does Dosa mean?

5. Who is Wesley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Dede and Elsie at the end of "Dosas"?

2. What events lead up to Thomas and Anika pouring water on their heads?

3. What does the female Haitian doctor tell the narrator and Melisande?

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

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

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

7. What does Dede reveal to Elsie about Blaise in "Dosas"?

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

9. According to Blaise in Section 1, what happens to Olivia?

10. What do the narrator and Babette talk about when they meet?

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