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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Amabelle dreams of her mother, what does she picture the woman wearing?
(a) A dress made of river water
(b) Her wedding dress
(c) A dress made of glass
(d) The clothes she was wearing the day she died

2. When Sebastien is talking in his sleep, what does he tell Amabelle he wants to do?
(a) Marry her
(b) Give her a red satin ribbon
(c) Go back to Haiti
(d) Fly a kite

3. What does Papi spend time doing after his grandson dies?
(a) Listening to Spanish radio channels
(b) Tending to his orchid garden
(c) Watching over his grandson's coffin
(d) Crying incessantly

4. What information does Yves give Amabelle that makes her hopeful Sebastien and Mimi were able to cross the river?
(a) Many people are crossing the river everyday now
(b) Yves has left directions for them at each stop on the river
(c) The massacre of Haitians by the Dominicans has stopped
(d) The water level in the river has dropped

5. Which of the following people does Amabelle NOT secure passage to Haiti for?
(a) Mimi
(b) Juana
(c) Herself
(d) Sebastien

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Senora Valencia's house located?

2. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?

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

4. Why is Senora Valencia surprised when the first baby is born?

5. What is the "farming of the bones"?

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