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

2. What does Thomas say when Anika tells him she is pregnant?
(a) He denies that it is his.
(b) He demands she get an abortion.
(c) He is angry and hits her.
(d) She never tells him about the baby.

3. What does Dosa mean?
(a) Loved one.
(b) Little sister.
(c) Surplus child.
(d) Motherland.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname does Gaspard call Elsie?

2. Where is Anika when she begins to miscarry?

3. What is the name of the first short story in the novel?

4. What is Babette's job?

5. Where does Elsie live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nadia describe her father's wife?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

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

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

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