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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Amabelle wish she could remember from her past when she is helping Senora Valencia give birth?
(a) The process of delivering a baby
(b) Herbal pain remedies her parents used
(c) Her own birth
(d) Her mother's advice

2. Where does Sebastien work?
(a) In the sugar cane fields
(b) In a sugar factory
(c) In the same home as the narrator
(d) In the corn fields

3. Why was Amabelle jealous of the people her father helped?
(a) Her father loved them more than he loved her
(b) He was kinder to those people than to his daughter
(c) They received more of his money than his family did
(d) They received more of his time than his daughter did

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

5. What profession does the narrator hold?
(a) She is a nurse
(b) She is a midwife
(c) She is a domestic worker
(d) She is a sugar cane harvester

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator believe is the only person who truly knows her?

2. Where is this first part of the novel set?

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

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the narrator characterizes Sebastien?

5. Where does Papi go when Senora Valencia goes into labor?

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