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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 Nadia's mother say to her after Nadia calls to say Maurice is dead?
(a) "He was a bad man" (62).
(b) "You will regret this" (62).
(c) "Come home soon" (62).
(d) "I never stopped loving him" (62).

2. Who has an outstanding bill at the hotel in "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?
(a) All the refugees they house at the hotel.
(b) Melisande and her mother.
(c) Xavier.
(d) A senator.

3. What is the gift that Anika has prepared for Thomas?
(a) Sex.
(b) A framed picture of the two of them.
(c) A key to her apartment.
(d) A hand drawn picture of his wife and daughter as birds.

4. What does Blaise say happened to Olivia?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She was kidnapped.
(c) She is homeless.
(d) She broke up with him.

5. What is Olivia wearing the night she meets Blaise?
(a) White blouse and black skirt.
(b) Green-sequined cocktail dress.
(c) A Halloween costume.
(d) A bathing suit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nadia's father's name?

2. What is Nadia doing at the start of "In the Old Days"?

3. How old is Gaspard?

4. What does Anika really want to draw but does not know how?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nadia gets to the house to see her father, in Section 2?

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

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

4. How does the chapter get it's name, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?

5. Why is the Canadian doctor who Melisande goes to first concerned about Melisande?

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

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

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

9. How does Nadia's mother react when Nadia calls her after learning her father is dead?

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

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