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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Amabelle's family cross the river to buy on the day they were killed?
(a) A stove
(b) A cooking pot
(c) Healing herbs
(d) Vegetables

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

4. How long has Sebastien been working as sugar cane worker?
(a) 1 year
(b) 10 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 14 years

5. Why does Sebastien tell of his father's death using third person narration?
(a) He is angry at his father for dying
(b) The memory of his father's death is unclear to him
(c) The memory is too painful for him
(d) He was not present when his father died

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Pico courted before Senora Valencia?

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

3. What profession does the narrator hold?

4. What emotion does Amabelle see in Luis' face as he watches Pico, Valencia and the babies together?

5. What is Sebastien's bracelet made of?

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