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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Amabelle write a letter to in hopes of finding information about Sebastien and Mimi?
(a) Dr. Javier
(b) Papi
(c) Senor Pico
(d) Father Romain

2. What do the travelers smell burning when they awake?
(a) Human bodies
(b) Wood
(c) Sugar cane
(d) Houses

3. Where does Amabelle promise Sebastien she will visit?
(a) The cane fields where they met
(b) The cave where they first made love
(c) Alegria
(d) His mother's home

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

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

6. How does the Generalissimo plan to compensate the injured and dead Haitians?
(a) He refuses to compensate them because he does not believe he is responsible.
(b) By providing them with land to farm on
(c) By allowing those alive to re-enter the country
(d) With small monetary payments

7. What are the people of Dajabon celebrating?
(a) Christmas
(b) The Dominican independence
(c) Generalissimo Trujillo
(d) Their victory over the Haitians

8. Why does Wilner discourage the travelers from lighting fires?
(a) The light will allow them to be seen
(b) The smoke will draw attention to their camp
(c) Fire will give them hope they will make it to the border
(d) They will waste precious matches

9. Why does Amabelle usher Senora Valencia back into the house as the soldiers arrive in the valley?
(a) Senora Valencia becomes hysterical
(b) Amabelle does not want the soldiers to take her away from Senora Valencia
(c) Amabelle fears for Senora Valencia's safety
(d) Senora Valencia has begun bleeding

10. What shape did Amabelle's father always make her Christmas lanterns?
(a) Christmas trees
(b) Kites
(c) Little girl
(d) Monuments

11. Where does Amabelle visit that she was afraid of going as a child?
(a) To her family's land
(b) To the river
(c) To the top of the citidel
(d) To Sebastien's mother's home

12. Who stays with Rafi's body during the night after the wake?
(a) Amabelle
(b) Senora Valencia
(c) Senor Pico
(d) Juana

13. Why is the man driving the truck able to sneak Amabelle across the border?
(a) He hides her under his crates of vegetables
(b) The government owes him favors for helping in the revolution
(c) He is a government official
(d) He pays off the guards at each checkpoint

14. Where does Amabelle ask the truck driver to leave her?
(a) Near the guardhouse at the border
(b) At the spot where Sebastien was killed
(c) Near the waterfall
(d) At Senora Valencia's home

15. Who does Amabelle see for the first time in years during the celebration following Trujillo's death?
(a) Sebastien
(b) Papi
(c) Dr. Javier
(d) Father Romain

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people in the clinic share stories of?

2. Why does Man Rapadou feed Amabelle pumpkin soup?

3. What warning does Dr. Javier bring to Amabelle?

4. What has happened to Yves' farm over the years since he has returned to Haiti?

5. How does Senora Valencia first react when Amabelle comes to visit her?

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