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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Papi listen to on the radio at night?
(a) News of the Spanish civil war
(b) Spanish music
(c) News of the Dominican war for independence
(d) Political speeches

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

3. Why are the Haitian immigrant children born in the Dominican Republic not able to attend "proper schools?"
(a) The government will not give them the papers they need to enroll
(b) They do not speak Spanish
(c) Their skin color prevents them from being accepted into these schools
(d) They are not Christians. Only Christians can attend the top schools

4. Where did Amabelle and Sebastien first make love?
(a) In her hut
(b) In the sugar cane fields
(c) In a cave
(d) In their village in Haiti

5. Who is Senora Valencia concerned that her daughter will be mistaken for?
(a) A much younger child
(b) Someone who is black
(c) Her brother
(d) A field worker's child

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Senora Valencia concerned when she goes into labor?

2. Why is Amabelle so concerned when Luis tells her of Pico hitting a man with his car?

3. Where do the cane workers and their families gather in the evenings?

4. What does Pico do as soon as he arrives home?

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

(see the answer key)

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