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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How have Sebastien's hands become scarred?
(a) Building his home
(b) Cutting sugar cane stalks
(c) Working in the sugar factory
(d) Escaping from the Dominican Republic

2. What does Amabelle say she admired most about her mother?
(a) Her tenacity
(b) Her seriousness
(c) Her kindness
(d) Her tranquility

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

4. Why doesn't Senora Valencia name her son immediately?
(a) She wants her father to name him
(b) She is concerned he will not survive
(c) She wants her husband to name him
(d) She cannot think of a proper name for him

5. How long has Sebastien been working as sugar cane worker?
(a) 10 years
(b) 14 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 1 year

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator?

2. Who stays with Senora Valencia the night after the children are born?

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

4. What does the narrator fear will happen if Sebastien leaves her alone?

5. What quality does Amabelle tell Sebastien she loved most in her father?

(see the answer key)

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