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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Senora Valencia ask Senor Pico to do before he leaves for the military operation at the border?
(a) Kiss their daughter goodbye
(b) Bury their son's clothes
(c) Bury their son
(d) Plan their son's funeral

2. What does Kongo give Amabelle as a gift?
(a) Joel's bracelet
(b) A mask of Joel
(c) A ring
(d) A mask of her face

3. Who does Tibon say is rumored to be waiting for the Haitians at the border?
(a) The Generalissimo
(b) Their families
(c) The Dominican army
(d) God

4. How does Amabelle plan on crossing the border?
(a) By calling upon Senor Pico to grant her permission to cross
(b) By showing her papers to the guards at the border
(c) During the night with Yves' help
(d) During the night with the help of a man who does this for a living

5. What main town do the travelers reach first?
(a) Cap Haitien
(b) Dajabon
(c) Trujillo
(d) Alegria

6. According to a nun at the clinic, who has been asking about Amabelle?
(a) Sebastien
(b) Dr. Javier
(c) Yves
(d) Juana

7. What lead to Yves' father's death?
(a) Beatings in prison
(b) Food poisoning
(c) The brutality of the cane harvest
(d) Eating rich food after starving in prison

8. What has happened to Yves' farm over the years since he has returned to Haiti?
(a) It has become the number one producer of beans
(b) It has gone through both prosperous and difficult periods
(c) It failed forcing him to find other work
(d) It has grown and prospered

9. Why do the refugees become angered on the sixteenth day of testimonials?
(a) They are denied access to government officials
(b) An official tells them the Generalissimo does not believe them
(c) An official tells them that there is no more money available
(d) They are being arrested for crimes against the Dominican Republic

10. What has Amabelle wondered about her parents' deaths for years?
(a) Why she did not die also
(b) Why they chose to wade into the raging waters
(c) What they were trying to signal to her as they washed away
(d) What they wanted her to remember about them

11. Where do Yves and Amabelle plan to go when they leave the clinic?
(a) Sebastien's mother's house
(b) Amabelle's family land
(c) Yves' mother's house
(d) Back to Alegria to look for Sebastien and Mimi

12. What information does Yves give Amabelle that makes her hopeful Sebastien and Mimi were able to cross the river?
(a) Yves has left directions for them at each stop on the river
(b) The massacre of Haitians by the Dominicans has stopped
(c) Many people are crossing the river everyday now
(d) The water level in the river has dropped

13. What shocks Amabelle about Man Rapadou's storytelling?
(a) She is able to laugh at sad stories
(b) She remembers every detail of every event
(c) It is highly detailed
(d) It sounds as if she is reciting poetry

14. When Amabelle dreams of her mother, what does she picture the woman wearing?
(a) A dress made of glass
(b) The clothes she was wearing the day she died
(c) Her wedding dress
(d) A dress made of river water

15. Who does Senor Pico nearly kill as he practices shooting with Senora Valencia?
(a) Dr. Javier
(b) Rosalinda
(c) Papi
(d) Amabelle

Short Answer Questions

1. When Amabelle and Yves come upon an oxen cart stuck in the mud, what do they notice the cart is filled with?

2. What do the travelers smell burning when they awake?

3. Why does Amabelle visit Man Denise's house on a daily basis?

4. What risk is Amabelle taking at the end of the novel by wading into the river?

5. Why did Man Rapadou kill her husband?

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