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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Why does Amabelle repeat Sebastien's name over and over?
(a) To try and resurrect him from the dead
(b) To keep his memory alive
(c) To purge his image from her memory
(d) To let him know she is looking for him

3. Who does Papi go to visit when he takes a walk to escape Senor Pico?
(a) Sebastien
(b) Amabelle
(c) Kongo
(d) Dr. Javier

4. Why did Man Denise name her son after Saint Sebastien?
(a) Because he was the patron saint of cane workers
(b) Because he was given two deaths
(c) Because he appeared holy from birth
(d) Because she believed he would be protected by the saint's spirit

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

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

7. What does Senora Valencia do with her son's body that is unexpected?
(a) She spends all of her time holding it
(b) She allows no one to view it
(c) She refuses to allow him to be buried
(d) She allows visitors to view it

8. What does the Massacre River mark for the nations of Haiti and the Dominican Republic?
(a) The border between the two nations
(b) The place where too many people died
(c) A point of contention between the two nations
(d) The water source for the two nations

9. How does Senora Valencia first react when Amabelle comes to visit her?
(a) She refuses to believe she is Amabelle
(b) She breaks down into tears at the sight of her old friend
(c) She is relieved that Amabelle is still alive
(d) She is too old and disoriented to remember Amabelle

10. What does Yves suggest Amabelle do to make money for herself?
(a) Farm with him
(b) Take care of Man Rapadou
(c) Sew dresses
(d) Work in the local market

11. What does Amabelle want in place of compensation?
(a) Sebastien to return to Haiti
(b) Information about Sebastien and Mimi
(c) To see Senora Valencia again
(d) Treatment for her injuries

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

13. Why does Amabelle visit Man Denise's house on a daily basis?
(a) She wants to pay her respects to the woman
(b) She is watching for Sebastien to return
(c) She wants to ask her for permission to marry Sebastien
(d) She is trying to pass the time until Sebastien returns

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a detail Juana tells Senora Valencia about her mother?

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

3. Why do the refugees become angered on the sixteenth day of testimonials?

4. What news does Man Denise tell Amabelle several refugees have come to tell her of?

5. Where did the Generalissimo work as a young man?

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