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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) The pain will be only a bit more than being stung by a wasp
(c) The child will be hers forever once she gives birth to him/her
(d) Pray to the Virgin Mary for strength

3. Why does Sebastien insist on remaining in the dark while with the narrator?
(a) He wants her to learn to trust him even when she cannot see him
(b) He wants her to know only his voice
(c) He doesn't want the neighbors to know he is there
(d) He is embarrassed by the scars on his hands and face

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Amabelle so concerned when Luis tells her of Pico hitting a man with his car?

3. Who does the narrator believe is the only person who truly knows her?

4. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?

5. What vocation was Juana preparing for when she met Luis?

(see the answer key)

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