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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amabelle stand over Odette's body for a long time?
(a) She wants to make sure the woman will not come back to life
(b) She is frightened the same will happen to her
(c) She is saying the last rites for her friend
(d) She cannot say goodbye to her because her death with always be with Amabelle

2. How did Amabelle come to work for Senora Valencia's family?
(a) The river rats sold her to Senora Valencia's family
(b) They found her at the river after her parents died
(c) They adopted her after her parents died
(d) She and Sebastien both applied for jobs at their farm

3. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?
(a) A tornado that destroyed his family's property and killed his father
(b) He wanted to marry Amabelle
(c) The war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
(d) A hurricane that destroyed his family's property and killed his father

4. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?
(a) Sugar cane stalks being cut
(b) Mockingbirds singing
(c) Pigeons cooing
(d) Amabelle's voice

5. What vocation was Juana preparing for when she met Luis?
(a) Nurse
(b) Nun
(c) Domestic worker
(d) Farmer

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Senor Pico share cigars and rum with in the garden?

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

3. What does Beatriz find Papi writing?

4. What image marks the beginning of the sugar cane harvest?

5. Who does Senora Valencia tell Amabelle she had her light a candle for?

(see the answer key)

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