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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Pico name his son after?
(a) The Generalissimo
(b) A leader in the Dominican independence movement
(c) Papi
(d) Himself

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

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

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

5. Why does Sebastien tell of his father's death using third person narration?
(a) He was not present when his father died
(b) The memory of his father's death is unclear to him
(c) He is angry at his father for dying
(d) The memory is too painful for him

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beatriz find Papi writing?

2. Why doesn't Senora Valencia name her son immediately?

3. Senora Valencia's last statement to Amabelle can be seen as an example of...

4. Why does Amabelle visit Kongo?

5. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?

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