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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plant did the Haitian immigrants use to bathe with?
(a) Aloe
(b) Sugar cane
(c) Parsley
(d) Coffee

2. What does the narrator fear will happen if Sebastien leaves her alone?
(a) She will be lonely
(b) She will be attacked
(c) She will be unable to sleep
(d) She will cease to exist

3. Why does Sebastien insist he and Amabelle talk if they are not touching?
(a) To ward off evil spirits
(b) To remind themselves they are alive
(c) To confirm their love
(d) To protect themselves from nightmares

4. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?
(a) Of old age
(b) During a hurricane
(c) Cancer
(d) In childbirth

5. Who does Senora Valencia name her daughter in honor of?
(a) Her mother
(b) Amabelle
(c) Her grandmother
(d) Her husband

6. What does Amabelle notice about Dona Sabine's home that makes her concerned "another Yanki invasion was coming?"
(a) Military guards at the gate
(b) A wall built around her home to keep the Haitians out
(c) Many more people working for her family than usual
(d) Felice is now working for Dona Sabine

7. Why does Senora Valencia ask Pico to bring Amabelle to her the evening after the birth of her children?
(a) She wants her to bathe the children
(b) She wants to thank her for helping her give birth
(c) She wants to ask her for help taking care of the children
(d) She wants to ask her to stay in the house for the night

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

9. How have Sebastien's hands become scarred?
(a) Escaping from the Dominican Republic
(b) Working in the sugar factory
(c) Cutting sugar cane stalks
(d) Building his home

10. Why is Senora Valencia surprised when the first baby is born?
(a) It is a boy and she expected to have a girl
(b) The baby's skin color is much darker than her own
(c) She wanted Dr. Javier to deliver the baby
(d) It is a girl and she expected to have a boy

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

12. How long has Amabelle worked for Senora Valencia's family?
(a) 1 year
(b) Since Sebastien came to the farm
(c) Her entire life
(d) Since she was a child

13. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?
(a) Her father
(b) Senora Valencia
(c) Herself
(d) Her mother

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

15. Who stays with Senora Valencia the night after the children are born?
(a) Amabelle
(b) Juana
(c) Pico
(d) One of Pico's female cousins

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?

3. Why is it ironic to Juana that Senora Valencia has twins?

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

5. What does Father Romain encourage his congregants to do?

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