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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) It is a boy and she expected to have a girl
(d) The baby's skin color is much darker than her own

2. Who does Senora Valencia name her daughter in honor of?
(a) Her mother
(b) Amabelle
(c) Her husband
(d) Her grandmother

3. Where does Sebastien work?
(a) In a sugar factory
(b) In the same home as the narrator
(c) In the corn fields
(d) In the sugar cane fields

4. What does Amabelle wish she could remember from her past when she is helping Senora Valencia give birth?
(a) Her own birth
(b) The process of delivering a baby
(c) Her mother's advice
(d) Herbal pain remedies her parents used

5. How does Luis characterize the drive from the army base home?
(a) Exhausting
(b) Too fast
(c) Angering
(d) Exciting

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long has Sebastien been working as sugar cane worker?

3. Who does Sebastien's sister Mimi work for?

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

5. What is wrong with Senora Valencia's daughter when she is born?

(see the answer key)

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