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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Senora Valencia ask Amabelle to light a candle after the babies are born?
(a) To alert her husband that the babies have arrived
(b) To be able to see the children better
(c) It is now night
(d) To honor the Virgin Mary

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

4. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?
(a) Pigeons cooing
(b) Amabelle's voice
(c) Sugar cane stalks being cut
(d) Mockingbirds singing

5. Where did Amabelle often sleep when she was a young girl?
(a) In a room with Juana, the housemaid
(b) On a cot in Senora Valencia's room
(c) With Senora Valencia in her canopy bed
(d) Outside of Senora Valencia's room

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Senora Valencia name her daughter in honor of?

3. Why was Amabelle jealous of the people her father helped?

4. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?

5. Where is this first part of the novel set?

(see the answer key)

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