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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 have recurrent nightmares about?
(a) Sebastien leaving her
(b) Her parents drowning
(c) Sebastien dying
(d) Her parents abandoning her

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

3. Who does Senora Valencia tell Amabelle she had her light a candle for?
(a) Her daughter
(b) The Virgin Mary
(c) Her husband
(d) Her mother

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

5. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?
(a) Her shadow cannot leave her alone
(b) Her shadow makes her feel less lonely than other children
(c) Her shadow never refuses to play the games she wants to play
(d) Her shadow cannot talk to her as other children can

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Luis characterize the drive from the army base home?

3. Where does Sebastien work?

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

5. Who is the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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