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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?
(a) He believes it will isolate her from other children
(b) He believes it will make her crazy
(c) He believes it will draw evil spirits to her
(d) He believes it will cause nightmares

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

3. Who stays with Senora Valencia the night after the children are born?
(a) Amabelle
(b) Pico
(c) Juana
(d) One of Pico's female cousins

4. Who is the man Pico killed with his car?
(a) Luis
(b) Sebastien
(c) Kongo
(d) Joel

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Senora Valencia concerned when she goes into labor?

2. What does Amabelle wish she could remember from her past when she is helping Senora Valencia give birth?

3. What does Amabelle say she admired most about her mother?

4. What does Papi listen to on the radio at night?

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

(see the answer key)

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