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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who offers to bless Amabelle and Sebastien's marriage?
(a) Kongo
(b) Papi
(c) Senora Valencia
(d) Father Vargas

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

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

7. How does being called "Man Amabelle" effect Amabelle?
(a) It makes her realize how much she misses Sebastien.
(b) It makes her long for the past.
(c) It makes her realize how much she has aged.
(d) It angers her to be considered an old woman.

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

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

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

11. Who does Dona Sabine and Don Gilbert hide in their home?
(a) Haitian immigrants
(b) Rosalinda
(c) The Generalissimo's soldiers
(d) Senora Valencia

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

13. 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) Senora Valencia has begun bleeding
(d) Amabelle fears for Senora Valencia's safety

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juana prepare in honor of Rosalinda's baptism?

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

3. Why does Amabelle stand over Odette's body for a long time?

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

5. When Amabelle dreams of her mother, what does she picture the woman wearing?

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