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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 does the narrator say she played with when she was a child?
(a) A doll
(b) Her sisters
(c) Her shadow
(d) Sugar cane stalks

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

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

4. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?
(a) In childbirth
(b) Cancer
(c) During a hurricane
(d) Of old age

5. Why does Sebastien insist he and Amabelle talk if they are not touching?
(a) To confirm their love
(b) To ward off evil spirits
(c) To remind themselves they are alive
(d) To protect themselves from nightmares

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Senora Valencia's house located?

2. Where did Amabelle often sleep when she was a young girl?

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

4. Where does Papi go when Senora Valencia goes into labor?

5. Why does Sebastien tell of his father's death using third person narration?

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