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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?
(a) Her father
(b) Her mother
(c) Senora Valencia
(d) Herself

2. Which of the following is NOT a piece of advice Amabelle gives Senora Valencia to help ease the pain of childbirth?
(a) Breathe freely
(b) Pray to the Virgin Mary for strength
(c) The pain will be only a bit more than being stung by a wasp
(d) The child will be hers forever once she gives birth to him/her

3. What does the narrator have recurrent nightmares about?
(a) Her parents abandoning her
(b) Her parents drowning
(c) Sebastien leaving her
(d) Sebastien dying

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sebastien insist that the narrator take off her uniform?

2. What is Sebastien's bracelet made of?

3. Senora Valencia's last statement to Amabelle can be seen as an example of...

4. How long has Amabelle worked for Senora Valencia's family?

5. Why is Senora Valencia surprised when the first baby is born?

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