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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dona Sabine gesture to to come into her home?
(a) Felice
(b) Amabelle
(c) Kongo
(d) Unel

2. Why does Amabelle become upset when Mimi refers to Beatriz by only her first name?
(a) She sees it as a sign of disrespect
(b) She knows it would anger Beatriz to be referred to by her first name
(c) She believes it is un-Christian to do so
(d) She is not allowed to call Senora Valencia by her first name

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

4. What warning does Dr. Javier bring to Amabelle?
(a) She must leave immediately because Senor Pico is planning to have her killed
(b) Sebastien is wanted by the militia
(c) She must leave immediately because Haitian immigrants are being killed
(d) All Haitian immigrants are being deported

5. Where do the cane workers bathe before work?
(a) In their huts
(b) In the stream
(c) In the rain
(d) In a communal bathtub

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Haitian immigrant children born in the Dominican Republic not able to attend "proper schools?"

2. What are the people of Dajabon celebrating?

3. Why does Sebastien tell of his father's death using third person narration?

4. Where are Senora Valencia's ancestors from?

5. How did Amabelle know how to help Senora Valencia give birth?

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