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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the narrator characterizes Sebastien?
(a) Gentle
(b) Strong
(c) Moody
(d) Handsome

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

3. Where did Amabelle often sleep when she was a young girl?
(a) With Senora Valencia in her canopy bed
(b) Outside of Senora Valencia's room
(c) On a cot in Senora Valencia's room
(d) In a room with Juana, the housemaid

4. Why does Sebastien insist he and Amabelle talk if they are not touching?
(a) To confirm their love
(b) To remind themselves they are alive
(c) To protect themselves from nightmares
(d) To ward off evil spirits

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sebastien work?

2. Why is it ironic to Juana that Senora Valencia has twins?

3. What is the "farming of the bones"?

4. Where are Senora Valencia's ancestors from?

5. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?

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