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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 27-29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Senora Valencia ask Senor Pico to do before he leaves for the military operation at the border?
(a) Plan their son's funeral
(b) Bury their son
(c) Bury their son's clothes
(d) Kiss their daughter goodbye

2. What do the travelers smell burning when they awake?
(a) Wood
(b) Sugar cane
(c) Human bodies
(d) Houses

3. What lead to Yves' father's death?
(a) Eating rich food after starving in prison
(b) The brutality of the cane harvest
(c) Food poisoning
(d) Beatings in prison

4. What does Papi listen to on the radio at night?
(a) News of the Spanish civil war
(b) Spanish music
(c) News of the Dominican war for independence
(d) Political speeches

5. Why does Sebastien insist on remaining in the dark while with the narrator?
(a) He wants her to know only his voice
(b) He wants her to learn to trust him even when she cannot see him
(c) He is embarrassed by the scars on his hands and face
(d) He doesn't want the neighbors to know he is there

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about Beatriz?

2. What torture does Tibon escape that many other Haitian immigrants did not?

3. Which of the travelers is killed by the mob in Dajabon?

4. Why is Amabelle concerned about leaving Senora Valencia alone during childbirth?

5. What does Dr. Javier do to allow himself to escape Papi?

(see the answer key)

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