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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does the girl baby compare to the boy baby?
(a) She is much smaller than he is
(b) She has much lighter skin than he does
(c) She has more hair than he does
(d) She is much larger than he is

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

5. What is Amabelle doing when she hears Senora Valencia scream?
(a) Sewing a shirt for Sebastien
(b) Sewing a shirt for Senor Pico
(c) Cooking dinner
(d) Sleeping

6. What should have been a warning to Amabelle's father that it was too dangerous to cross the river?
(a) The water was above his head
(b) The levee was eroded
(c) The river rats were afraid to cross
(d) It had rained earlier that day

7. 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

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

9. How long has Amabelle worked for Senora Valencia's family?
(a) Since she was a child
(b) Her entire life
(c) 1 year
(d) Since Sebastien came to the farm

10. Why does Amabelle become upset when Mimi refers to Beatriz by only her first name?
(a) She is not allowed to call Senora Valencia by her first name
(b) She believes it is un-Christian to do so
(c) She sees it as a sign of disrespect
(d) She knows it would anger Beatriz to be referred to by her first name

11. What does Beatriz find Papi writing?
(a) A letter to his daughter
(b) His will
(c) His autobiography
(d) A letter to the Generalissimo

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

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

14. What did Amabelle's family cross the river to buy on the day they were killed?
(a) A stove
(b) Vegetables
(c) Healing herbs
(d) A cooking pot

15. 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 doll
(c) A talisman
(d) Herbal medicine

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Pico courted before Senora Valencia?

2. What alerts Amabelle that the baby will be born before Dr. Javier arrives?

3. How does Mimi say she hopes to die?

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

5. Why doesn't Senora Valencia name her son immediately?

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