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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pico do as soon as he arrives home?
(a) He rushes to see Valencia and his children
(b) He rushes to see Papi
(c) He bathes and changes his clothes
(d) He asks Amabelle to make him dinner

2. What details about the babies' births does Dr. Javier ask Amabelle for?
(a) The time of their births
(b) The length of Senora Valencia's labor
(c) The date of their births
(d) The size of each of the children when they were born

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

4. Who does the narrator believe is the only person who truly knows her?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her shadow
(c) Sebastien
(d) Her father

5. Who does Juana insist Papi take with him when he goes to notify Pico of the children's births?
(a) Dr. Javier
(b) Luis
(c) Amabelle
(d) Sebastien

6. What vocation was Juana preparing for when she met Luis?
(a) Nun
(b) Farmer
(c) Domestic worker
(d) Nurse

7. Where does Papi go when Senora Valencia goes into labor?
(a) To help Amabelle
(b) To pray for his daughter's safety
(c) To get Senora Valencia's husband
(d) To get Dr. Javier

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

9. Why does Amabelle believe her mother did not show her much affection?
(a) She was a cold woman
(b) She did not love Amabelle
(c) She wanted to prepare her for a life without love
(d) She was unable to express emotion easily

10. Where is Senora Valencia's house located?
(a) In Alegria
(b) In Haiti
(c) In Alamandia
(d) In Guatemala

11. Where is this first part of the novel set?
(a) In Haiti
(b) In Mexico
(c) In Cuba
(d) In the Dominican Republic

12. How long has Sebastien been working as sugar cane worker?
(a) 10 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 14 years
(d) 1 year

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

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

15. Why is Senora Valencia concerned about having Dr. Javier deliver her baby?
(a) She does not want him to see her completely naked
(b) She does not want him to see her in pain
(c) She does not have confidence in his ability to deliver babies
(d) She does not want a man present when the children are born

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Senora Valencia concerned that her daughter will be mistaken for?

2. What is unusual about Beatriz?

3. How did Amabelle come to work for Senora Valencia's family?

4. Senora Valencia's last statement to Amabelle can be seen as an example of...

5. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?

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