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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Senora Valencia's husband named after?
(a) The Generalissimo
(b) A mountain
(c) A leader in the Dominican independence movement
(d) The president of the Dominican Republic

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

7. What does Amabelle say she does more than her mother did?
(a) Think
(b) Smile
(c) Laugh
(d) Work

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

9. Senora Valencia's last statement to Amabelle can be seen as an example of...
(a) Cvert racism
(b) Covert racism
(c) Criticism
(d) Appreciation

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

11. 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 smaller than he is
(d) She is much larger than he is

12. What is unusual about Beatriz?
(a) She visits Senora Valencia even though she is married to Pico
(b) She is Dr. Javier's only sister
(c) She visits patients with Dr. Javier
(d) She only speaks Latin to herself

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

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

15. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?
(a) He believes it will make her crazy
(b) He believes it will isolate her from other children
(c) He believes it will draw evil spirits to her
(d) He believes it will cause nightmares

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Senora Valencia's house located?

2. Which of the following is NOT a piece of advice Amabelle gives Senora Valencia to help ease the pain of childbirth?

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

4. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?

5. What is Sebastien's bracelet made of?

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