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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Amabelle dreams of her mother, what does she picture the woman wearing?
(a) A dress made of river water
(b) Her wedding dress
(c) The clothes she was wearing the day she died
(d) A dress made of glass

2. Why does Amabelle visit Man Denise's house on a daily basis?
(a) She is trying to pass the time until Sebastien returns
(b) She wants to ask her for permission to marry Sebastien
(c) She is watching for Sebastien to return
(d) She wants to pay her respects to the woman

3. What image marks the beginning of the sugar cane harvest?
(a) The smoke from the fires in the fields
(b) The smoke from the fires in the harvesters' camp
(c) The sound of men chopping the cane with machetes
(d) The smoke coming from the sugar cane factory

4. What information does Yves give Amabelle that makes her hopeful Sebastien and Mimi were able to cross the river?
(a) The massacre of Haitians by the Dominicans has stopped
(b) Yves has left directions for them at each stop on the river
(c) Many people are crossing the river everyday now
(d) The water level in the river has dropped

5. What strikes Amabelle as she witnesses a woman having her leg amputated?
(a) The doctor's hand
(b) A drop of the woman's blood
(c) A drop of her own blood
(d) The woman's leg

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Amabelle's father move her away from her mother's cooking pot when she was a child?

2. What does a woman in Cap Haitian give Amabelle to help ease her pain?

3. What does Papi raise as his hobby?

4. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?

5. Where do Yves and Amabelle plan to go when they leave the clinic?

(see the answer key)

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