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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Amabelle come to work for Senora Valencia's family?
(a) The river rats sold her to Senora Valencia's family
(b) She and Sebastien both applied for jobs at their farm
(c) They found her at the river after her parents died
(d) They adopted her after her parents died

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

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

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

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

6. What is the "farming of the bones"?
(a) Milling sugar
(b) Burying the dead
(c) Coffee harvesting
(d) Sugar cane harvesting

7. Why does Sebastien insist that the narrator take off her uniform?
(a) It represents her past in Haiti
(b) It needs to be washed
(c) It is hot and itchy
(d) It represents the image her employers have of her

8. Why is it ironic to Juana that Senora Valencia has twins?
(a) Her mother always dreamed Valencia would have twins
(b) Juana always wanted to have twins
(c) Her mother looked like she was having twins when she had Valencia
(d) Twins are a sign of good luck

9. Who does Senora Valencia name her daughter in honor of?
(a) Amabelle
(b) Her mother
(c) Her grandmother
(d) Her husband

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

11. How does Luis characterize the drive from the army base home?
(a) Angering
(b) Exhausting
(c) Exciting
(d) Too fast

12. Where does Sebastien work?
(a) In the sugar cane fields
(b) In the corn fields
(c) In a sugar factory
(d) In the same home as the narrator

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

14. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?
(a) Sugar cane stalks being cut
(b) Amabelle's voice
(c) Pigeons cooing
(d) Mockingbirds singing

15. What is Sebastien's bracelet made of?
(a) Coffee beans
(b) Sugar cane juice
(c) Goat bones
(d) Sugar cane stalks

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator believe is the only person who truly knows her?

2. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?

3. Why does Sebastien insist on remaining in the dark while with the narrator?

4. Who is the man Pico killed with his car?

5. Why are the Haitian immigrant children born in the Dominican Republic not able to attend "proper schools?"

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