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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Sebastien visit Amabelle now that he is dead?
(a) In Yves' face
(b) In her work
(c) In her dreams
(d) In the faces of children

3. Which of the following ideas is NOT part of the Generalissimo's speech broadcasted on the radio?
(a) All men must fulfill their military duties
(b) Those who are independent must carry out justice
(c) Today's leaders must help ensure the nation is free
(d) Workers are revered

4. What strikes Amabelle as she witnesses a woman having her leg amputated?
(a) A drop of the woman's blood
(b) The woman's leg
(c) A drop of her own blood
(d) The doctor's hand

5. Why does Amabelle visit Kongo?
(a) To tell him Senor Pico killed Joel
(b) To make sure he is dealing with Joel's death
(c) To deliver wood for Joel's coffin
(d) To tell him Papi would like to speak with him

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

7. What do the people in the clinic share stories of?
(a) Their former lives in the Dominican Republic
(b) The happier times in the past
(c) The deaths of their parents
(d) The slaughter of Haitian immigrants that they witnessed

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

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

10. How has Father Romain changed since Amabelle last saw him?
(a) He is now disoriented and sickly
(b) He is now at peace
(c) He is now angry and frustrated
(d) He is now insane

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

12. What does Yves confess to Amabelle one night?
(a) He watched Sebastien and Mimi loaded into the trucks while he hid in the woods
(b) He traded places with Sebastien on the night they escaped
(c) He is in love with Amabelle
(d) He watched Sebastien and Mimi be shot by the Dominican soldiers

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

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

15. Where did the Generalissimo work as a young man?
(a) In the cane fields
(b) In Senora Valencia's home
(c) In a Haitian farm
(d) In the Dominican army

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Amabelle wondered about her parents' deaths for years?

2. Where do the cane workers and their families gather in the evenings?

3. What lead to Yves' father's death?

4. Which of the travelers is killed by the mob in Dajabon?

5. What does Senora Valencia ask Juana to do to soothe her into sleep?

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