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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sebastien
(d) Amabelle

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

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

4. Who is Senora Valencia concerned that her daughter will be mistaken for?
(a) Her brother
(b) A much younger child
(c) Someone who is black
(d) A field worker's child

5. Who had Pico courted before Senora Valencia?
(a) Juana
(b) Dr. Javier's daughter
(c) Dr. Javier's sister
(d) Amabelle

6. What did Amabelle's mother give her to help her feel better when she was sick with a fever?
(a) Hugs and kisses
(b) A talisman
(c) A doll
(d) Herbal medicine

7. What image marks the beginning of the sugar cane harvest?
(a) The smoke coming from the sugar cane factory
(b) The sound of men chopping the cane with machetes
(c) The smoke from the fires in the fields
(d) The smoke from the fires in the harvesters' camp

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

9. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?
(a) A tornado that destroyed his family's property and killed his father
(b) A hurricane that destroyed his family's property and killed his father
(c) The war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
(d) He wanted to marry Amabelle

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

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

12. Why doesn't Senora Valencia name her son immediately?
(a) She wants her father to name him
(b) She wants her husband to name him
(c) She cannot think of a proper name for him
(d) She is concerned he will not survive

13. Who does Papi ask Amabelle to take him to see?
(a) Don Carlos
(b) Don Gilbert
(c) Kongo
(d) Sebastien

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

15. Which of the following is NOT a part of the Dominican coat of arms?
(a) God
(b) Liberty
(c) Fraternity
(d) Country

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Amabelle become upset when Mimi refers to Beatriz by only her first name?

3. What does Amabelle wish she could remember from her past when she is helping Senora Valencia give birth?

4. Why does Senora Valencia ask Pico to bring Amabelle to her the evening after the birth of her children?

5. Why is Amabelle so concerned when Luis tells her of Pico hitting a man with his car?

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