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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the refugees see in a picture of the Haitian president that angers them?
(a) A medal given to him by the Generalissimo to symbolize the friendship between their countries
(b) A congratulatory letter from the Generalissimo
(c) A Dominican flag
(d) A portrait of the Generalissimo hanging behind the president

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

3. What does Papi spend time doing after his grandson dies?
(a) Crying incessantly
(b) Tending to his orchid garden
(c) Watching over his grandson's coffin
(d) Listening to Spanish radio channels

4. 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 wanted her to remember about them
(d) What they were trying to signal to her as they washed away

5. 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

6. What sight in the deserted village does Yves conceal from the others?
(a) The papers of Haitian traders
(b) The large stores of food
(c) The hanging bodies of the villagers
(d) The buckets of water

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

8. What risk is Amabelle taking at the end of the novel by wading into the river?
(a) Being arrested by the Dominican soldiers
(b) Drowning in the raging river
(c) Being killed by the border guards
(d) Being injured by the sharp rocks in the river

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

10. What does Amabelle do for several days after arriving at the clinic?
(a) Suffer in pain
(b) Search for Sebastien
(c) Sleep
(d) Cry

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

12. Why does Amabelle lie naked on the floor in Chapter 17?
(a) She wants to feel the coolness of the earth
(b) Sebastien asks her to take off her uniform
(c) She wants to sweat out all of her moisture so she cannot cry
(d) She is sick and cannot move

13. What is ironic about the assassination of Generalissimo Trujillo?
(a) He is shot while giving a victory speech
(b) He is shot by his most loyal supporter
(c) He is shot as he was driving down a highway bearing his name
(d) He is accidentally shot by his bodyguard

14. What does Juana prepare in honor of Rosalinda's baptism?
(a) A baptismal gown
(b) A feast
(c) An altar
(d) Decorations

15. What did Senora Valencia do during the massacre to honor Amabelle?
(a) She searched the countryside for her friend
(b) She gave birth to a child and named her Amabelle
(c) She painted a picture of her to hang in her home
(d) She hid several Haitian immigrants in her home

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sebastien visit Amabelle now that he is dead?

2. Why does Amabelle usher Senora Valencia back into the house as the soldiers arrive in the valley?

3. What shape did Amabelle's father always make her Christmas lanterns?

4. What does Yves tell Amabelle is missing from the record books of the slaughter being kept by the church?

5. What main town do the travelers reach first?

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