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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 is unusual about Beatriz?
(a) She only speaks Latin to herself
(b) She is Dr. Javier's only sister
(c) She visits patients with Dr. Javier
(d) She visits Senora Valencia even though she is married to Pico

2. What does Beatriz find Papi writing?
(a) His will
(b) A letter to the Generalissimo
(c) A letter to his daughter
(d) His autobiography

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

4. Why is Senora Valencia concerned about having Dr. Javier deliver her baby?
(a) She does not have confidence in his ability to deliver babies
(b) She does not want a man present when the children are born
(c) She does not want him to see her completely naked
(d) She does not want him to see her in pain

5. What is the "farming of the bones"?
(a) Coffee harvesting
(b) Burying the dead
(c) Milling sugar
(d) Sugar cane harvesting

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Tibon say is rumored to be waiting for the Haitians at the border?

2. What profession does the narrator hold?

3. Who is the man Pico killed with his car?

4. Who does Papi ask Amabelle to take him to see?

5. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?

(see the answer key)

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