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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 is wrong with Senora Valencia's daughter when she is born?
(a) She is unable to breathe
(b) She cannot open her eyes
(c) The umbilical cord is wrapped around her neck
(d) She is small

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

3. What is Amabelle doing when she hears Senora Valencia scream?
(a) Cooking dinner
(b) Sleeping
(c) Sewing a shirt for Sebastien
(d) Sewing a shirt for Senor Pico

4. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?
(a) General in the army
(b) President of the Dominican Republic
(c) President of Haiti
(d) Army commander

5. Why did Amabelle's father move her away from her mother's cooking pot when she was a child?
(a) He wants her to remain a child and not grow up too quickly
(b) He knows it will anger her mother to see her tampering with the food
(c) He is concerned she will burn herself
(d) He does not want her to become a domestic worker

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Haitian immigrant children born in the Dominican Republic not able to attend "proper schools?"

2. Why does Amabelle lie naked on the floor in Chapter 17?

3. Who does Papi ask Amabelle to take him to see?

4. Who is the man Pico killed with his car?

5. What vocation was Juana preparing for when she met Luis?

(see the answer key)

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