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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What strikes Amabelle as she witnesses a woman having her leg amputated?
(a) A drop of the woman's blood
(b) The woman's leg
(c) A drop of her own blood
(d) The doctor's hand

2. How does the Generalissimo plan to compensate the injured and dead Haitians?
(a) With small monetary payments
(b) He refuses to compensate them because he does not believe he is responsible.
(c) By allowing those alive to re-enter the country
(d) By providing them with land to farm on

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

4. Who does Pico name his son after?
(a) Himself
(b) Papi
(c) The Generalissimo
(d) A leader in the Dominican independence movement

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?

2. Who digs the grave for Rafi's baby clothes?

3. Where does Man Denise leave for?

4. What do the people in the clinic share stories of?

5. Who does Senor Pico nearly kill as he practices shooting with Senora Valencia?

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