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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do the cane workers bathe before work?
(a) In a communal bathtub
(b) In their huts
(c) In the rain
(d) In the stream

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

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

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

6. What does Papi raise as his hobby?
(a) Roses
(b) Chickens
(c) Orchids
(d) Goats

7. Where are Sebastien and Amabelle from originally?
(a) The southern part of Haiti
(b) The northern part of Haiti
(c) Spain
(d) The Dominican Republic

8. What is wrong with Senora Valencia's daughter when she is born?
(a) The umbilical cord is wrapped around her neck
(b) She is unable to breathe
(c) She cannot open her eyes
(d) She is small

9. What alerts Amabelle that the baby will be born before Dr. Javier arrives?
(a) She sees the umbilical cord in the birth canal
(b) Senora Valencia begins bleeding
(c) She sees the child's head in the birth canal
(d) Senora Valencia's contractions grow stronger

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

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

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

13. What thought does Sebastien suggest Amabelle replace the memory of her parents' deaths with?
(a) The idea that they will be reunited in the afterlife
(b) The idea that they are still alive
(c) The idea that they died of natural causes many years later
(d) The idea that he will always protect her

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

15. Why was Amabelle jealous of the people her father helped?
(a) Her father loved them more than he loved her
(b) He was kinder to those people than to his daughter
(c) They received more of his money than his family did
(d) They received more of his time than his daughter did

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Senora Valencia tell Amabelle she had her light a candle for?

2. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?

3. How did Senora Valencia's mother die?

4. Who does Senora Valencia name her daughter in honor of?

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

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