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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 Melisande holding at the end of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?
(a) A knife.
(b) A ring.
(c) A beer.
(d) A bottle of pills.

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

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

4. Who is Wesley?
(a) Melisande's son.
(b) The narrator's husband.
(c) Babette's brother.
(d) The narrator's son.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much do Olivia's kidnappers want for her return at first?

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

3. How long has it been since Anika and Thomas have seen one another?

4. Where is Melisande's third doctor from?

5. What does Nadia suddenly get the urge to do to Maurice's wife after he dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

2. Why does Nadia not know her father, in Section 2?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the narrator respond when Melisande tells her about her medical news?

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

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

10. Who was Dede swindled in the past?

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