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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

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

4. What does Amabelle say she admired most about her mother?
(a) Her tenacity
(b) Her kindness
(c) Her tranquility
(d) Her seriousness

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

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

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

8. What does Amabelle notice pinned to Dr. Javier's shirt collar?
(a) A wooden cross
(b) A wood carving like those worn by the cane cutters
(c) A wood carving created by Sebastien
(d) A pin like one her mother had

9. Where did Amabelle often sleep when she was a young girl?
(a) On a cot in Senora Valencia's room
(b) In a room with Juana, the housemaid
(c) With Senora Valencia in her canopy bed
(d) Outside of Senora Valencia's room

10. What does the narrator say she played with when she was a child?
(a) A doll
(b) Her sisters
(c) Sugar cane stalks
(d) Her shadow

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

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

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

14. 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 Dr. Javier deliver babies
(d) She observed her mother giving birth to her sibilings

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What quality does Amabelle tell Sebastien she loved most in her father?

2. Why was Amabelle jealous of the people her father helped?

3. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?

4. Who does Dona Sabine gesture to to come into her home?

5. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?

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