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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Kongo disapprove of Joel and Felice's relationship?
(a) She was not beautiful enough for Joel
(b) Her father had stolen a chicken from Kongo
(c) Her grandfather had stolen a chicken from Kongo
(d) Felice came from a poor family

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the narrator characterizes Sebastien?
(a) Moody
(b) Handsome
(c) Gentle
(d) Strong

3. How did Amabelle know how to help Senora Valencia give birth?
(a) She was trained as a midwife in Haiti
(b) She observed her parents who were herb healers deliver babies
(c) She observed her mother giving birth to her sibilings
(d) She observed Dr. Javier deliver babies

4. How does the girl baby compare to the boy baby?
(a) She has more hair than he does
(b) She has much lighter skin than he does
(c) She is much larger than he is
(d) She is much smaller than he is

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

6. Where are Senora Valencia's ancestors from?
(a) Portugal
(b) Haiti
(c) Spain
(d) Mexico

7. What is wrong with Senora Valencia's daughter when she is born?
(a) The umbilical cord is wrapped around her neck
(b) She is unable to breathe
(c) She is small
(d) She cannot open her eyes

8. What does Dr. Javier do to allow himself to escape Papi?
(a) Ask Amabelle for a cup of coffee
(b) Claim he needs to go register the children's births
(c) Claim he has to attend to another birth
(d) Ask to see the rest of the house

9. Where does Sebastien work?
(a) In the sugar cane fields
(b) In the same home as the narrator
(c) In the corn fields
(d) In a sugar factory

10. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?
(a) President of Haiti
(b) President of the Dominican Republic
(c) General in the army
(d) Army commander

11. Who is the man Pico killed with his car?
(a) Luis
(b) Joel
(c) Kongo
(d) Sebastien

12. Who does Sebastien's sister Mimi work for?
(a) Dr. Javier
(b) Dr. Javier's mother
(c) The Generalissimo
(d) Senora Valencia

13. Why does Sebastien insist that the narrator take off her uniform?
(a) It is hot and itchy
(b) It represents the image her employers have of her
(c) It needs to be washed
(d) It represents her past in Haiti

14. Why did Amabelle's father move her away from her mother's cooking pot when she was a child?
(a) He wants her to remain a child and not grow up too quickly
(b) He does not want her to become a domestic worker
(c) He knows it will anger her mother to see her tampering with the food
(d) He is concerned she will burn herself

15. What does Amabelle wish she could remember from her past when she is helping Senora Valencia give birth?
(a) Her mother's advice
(b) Her own birth
(c) The process of delivering a baby
(d) Herbal pain remedies her parents used

Short Answer Questions

1. How have Sebastien's hands become scarred?

2. Why does Senora Valencia ask Amabelle to light a candle after the babies are born?

3. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?

4. How long has Amabelle worked for Senora Valencia's family?

5. How does Luis characterize the drive from the army base home?

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