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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. Who is Gaspard?
(a) Elsie's brother.
(b) Elsie's patient.
(c) Elsie's son.
(d) Elsie's ex-husband.

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

3. What does the title, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" refer to?
(a) A baby.
(b) A cake.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A ring.

4. Where does Mona live?
(a) New York.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Italy.

5. What is one of the ways Nadia describes her mother?
(a) Hurtful.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nadia's job?

2. What does Melisande learn about her first doctor?

3. Where is Melisande's third doctor from?

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

5. Who is Olivia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the chapter 'The Gift' get its name?

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

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

8. Who was Dede swindled in the past?

9. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

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

(see the answer keys)

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