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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mimi say she hopes to die?
(a) In a violent way like Joel
(b) In her sleep
(c) Of natural causes after a long life
(d) Suddenly when she is not expecting it

2. What does Dr. Javier do to allow himself to escape Papi?
(a) Ask Amabelle for a cup of coffee
(b) Claim he needs to go register the children's births
(c) Claim he has to attend to another birth
(d) Ask to see the rest of the house

3. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?
(a) A tornado that destroyed his family's property and killed his father
(b) A hurricane that destroyed his family's property and killed his father
(c) He wanted to marry Amabelle
(d) The war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic

4. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother
(b) Herself
(c) Senora Valencia
(d) Her father

5. How does the girl baby compare to the boy baby?
(a) She has much lighter skin than he does
(b) She is much smaller than he is
(c) She has more hair than he does
(d) She is much larger than he is

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Pico courted before Senora Valencia?

2. Where is Sebastien when the narrator wakes up?

3. What does the narrator have recurrent nightmares about?

4. Why does Amabelle become upset when Mimi refers to Beatriz by only her first name?

5. Who does Senora Valencia tell Amabelle she had her light a candle for?

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