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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 vocation was Juana preparing for when she met Luis?
(a) Domestic worker
(b) Nun
(c) Farmer
(d) Nurse

2. What does Dr. Javier do to allow himself to escape Papi?
(a) Claim he has to attend to another birth
(b) Ask Amabelle for a cup of coffee
(c) Claim he needs to go register the children's births
(d) Ask to see the rest of the house

3. What does Amabelle say she does more than her mother did?
(a) Think
(b) Smile
(c) Laugh
(d) Work

4. Why is Senora Valencia surprised when the first baby is born?
(a) She wanted Dr. Javier to deliver the baby
(b) It is a girl and she expected to have a boy
(c) The baby's skin color is much darker than her own
(d) It is a boy and she expected to have a girl

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) The memory is too painful for him
(d) He is angry at his father for dying

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Senora Valencia's ancestors from?

2. How does the girl baby compare to the boy baby?

3. Why does Senora Valencia ask Amabelle to light a candle after the babies are born?

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

5. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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