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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 Olivia?
(a) Elsie's daughter.
(b) Gaspard's daughter.
(c) Blaise's new girlfriend.
(d) Mona's sister.

2. What is Nadia's mother's restaurant named?
(a) Nadia's.
(b) Mama's Place.
(c) Haiti Heaven.
(d) Lil Haiti.

3. How many times had Nadia met her father before his wife calls her and asks her to come to see him?
(a) 3.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) Too many to count.

4. What meal does Gaspard request?
(a) Chicken soup.
(b) Rice and peas.
(c) Stewed chicken.
(d) Palm of heart and avocado salad.

5. How long did the father/son dictatorship last for in Haiti?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 50 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Elsie live?

2. Where is Anika when she begins to miscarry?

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

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

5. What is Elsie's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elsie describe Olivia when she first meets and becomes friends with her in Section 1?

2. What does Anika do after she learns about the earthquake in Haiti?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who was Dede swindled in the past?

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

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