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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is unusual about Beatriz?
(a) She only speaks Latin to herself
(b) She visits Senora Valencia even though she is married to Pico
(c) She visits patients with Dr. Javier
(d) She is Dr. Javier's only sister

3. Why was Amabelle jealous of the people her father helped?
(a) He was kinder to those people than to his daughter
(b) They received more of his money than his family did
(c) Her father loved them more than he loved her
(d) They received more of his time than his daughter did

4. Where is this first part of the novel set?
(a) In the Dominican Republic
(b) In Haiti
(c) In Mexico
(d) In Cuba

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?

2. Who is Senora Valencia's husband named after?

3. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?

4. Who does Pico name his son after?

5. What does Amabelle say she does more than her mother did?

(see the answer key)

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