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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sebastien is talking in his sleep, what does he tell Amabelle he wants to do?
(a) Give her a red satin ribbon
(b) Go back to Haiti
(c) Fly a kite
(d) Marry her

2. Why does Amabelle visit Man Denise's house on a daily basis?
(a) She is trying to pass the time until Sebastien returns
(b) She is watching for Sebastien to return
(c) She wants to ask her for permission to marry Sebastien
(d) She wants to pay her respects to the woman

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

4. Who does Dona Sabine gesture to to come into her home?
(a) Amabelle
(b) Kongo
(c) Felice
(d) Unel

5. What quality does Amabelle tell Sebastien she loved most in her father?
(a) His joyfulness
(b) His seriousness
(c) His skill at healing
(d) His playfulness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a woman in Cap Haitian give Amabelle to help ease her pain?

2. Why did Man Denise name her son after Saint Sebastien?

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

4. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?

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

(see the answer key)

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