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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 41.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the people in the clinic share stories of?
(a) Their former lives in the Dominican Republic
(b) The happier times in the past
(c) The slaughter of Haitian immigrants that they witnessed
(d) The deaths of their parents

3. Why is it ironic to Juana that Senora Valencia has twins?
(a) Twins are a sign of good luck
(b) Her mother always dreamed Valencia would have twins
(c) Her mother looked like she was having twins when she had Valencia
(d) Juana always wanted to have twins

4. What does Father Romain encourage his congregants to do?
(a) Remember their homeland
(b) Educate themselves
(c) Protect themselves
(d) Attend church

5. What does the narrator have recurrent nightmares about?
(a) Her parents drowning
(b) Her parents abandoning her
(c) Sebastien leaving her
(d) Sebastien dying

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a memory Amabelle has as she is walking down the trail with the other immigrants?

2. Who is the narrator?

3. Why is Amabelle concerned about leaving Senora Valencia alone during childbirth?

4. What risk is Amabelle taking at the end of the novel by wading into the river?

5. What did Amabelle's family cross the river to buy on the day they were killed?

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