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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 profession does the narrator hold?
(a) She is a midwife
(b) She is a sugar cane harvester
(c) She is a domestic worker
(d) She is a nurse

2. 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

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

4. What thought does Sebastien suggest Amabelle replace the memory of her parents' deaths with?
(a) The idea that they died of natural causes many years later
(b) The idea that he will always protect her
(c) The idea that they are still alive
(d) The idea that they will be reunited in the afterlife

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following people does Amabelle NOT secure passage to Haiti for?

2. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?

3. Why is Senora Valencia concerned about having Dr. Javier deliver her baby?

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

5. Where is Sebastien when the narrator wakes up?

(see the answer key)

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