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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Amabelle so concerned when Luis tells her of Pico hitting a man with his car?
(a) She knows Senora Valencia will be upset
(b) She is shocked by his lack of concern for others
(c) She is concerned the man might be Sebastien
(d) She is concerned the man might be her father

2. Who is Senora Valencia's husband named after?
(a) The president of the Dominican Republic
(b) The Generalissimo
(c) A mountain
(d) A leader in the Dominican independence movement

3. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?
(a) He believes it will cause nightmares
(b) He believes it will draw evil spirits to her
(c) He believes it will isolate her from other children
(d) He believes it will make her crazy

4. What shape did Amabelle's father always make her Christmas lanterns?
(a) Kites
(b) Monuments
(c) Christmas trees
(d) Little girl

5. What do the people in the clinic share stories of?
(a) The slaughter of Haitian immigrants that they witnessed
(b) The deaths of their parents
(c) Their former lives in the Dominican Republic
(d) The happier times in the past

Short Answer Questions

1. What strikes Amabelle as she witnesses a woman having her leg amputated?

2. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?

3. Which of the following is NOT a piece of advice Amabelle gives Senora Valencia to help ease the pain of childbirth?

4. How have Sebastien's hands become scarred?

5. Why does Amabelle visit Kongo?

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