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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Senora Valencia concerned when she goes into labor?
(a) Her husband is away
(b) It is two months before her due date
(c) The doctor may not be able to get there fast enough
(d) She is afraid of the pain of childbirth

2. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?
(a) President of the Dominican Republic
(b) Army commander
(c) President of Haiti
(d) General in the army

3. Who is the narrator?
(a) Amabelle
(b) Senor Pico
(c) Senora Valencia
(d) Sebastien

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

5. What does the narrator say she has never seen Sebastien do?
(a) Work
(b) Smile
(c) Cry
(d) Laugh

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator have recurrent nightmares about?

2. Where does Sebastien work?

3. What is Sebastien's bracelet made of?

4. Why does Amabelle believe her mother did not show her much affection?

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

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