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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the cane workers and their families gather in the evenings?
(a) At Sebastien's hut
(b) At Mercedes' food stand
(c) Around the fire pit in their camp
(d) At the creek

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

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

4. Where do Yves and Amabelle plan to go when they leave the clinic?
(a) Yves' mother's house
(b) Amabelle's family land
(c) Sebastien's mother's house
(d) Back to Alegria to look for Sebastien and Mimi

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

6. What does Yves tell Amabelle is missing from the record books of the slaughter being kept by the church?
(a) The Generalissimo's name
(b) Information about Odette and Wilmer
(c) The torture Yves and Amabelle endured
(d) Information about Sebastien and Mimi

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

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

9. Which of the following is NOT a detail Juana tells Senora Valencia about her mother?
(a) She was once shy, but became bolder when she got married
(b) She treated Juana and Luis like friends
(c) She was a kind, gentle woman
(d) She died giving birth to Senora Valencia

10. Who digs the grave for Rafi's baby clothes?
(a) Papi
(b) Dr. Javier
(c) Luis
(d) Senor Pico

11. What does Senora Valencia ask Senor Pico to do before he leaves for the military operation at the border?
(a) Bury their son's clothes
(b) Bury their son
(c) Kiss their daughter goodbye
(d) Plan their son's funeral

12. What information does Yves give Amabelle that makes her hopeful Sebastien and Mimi were able to cross the river?
(a) The water level in the river has dropped
(b) The massacre of Haitians by the Dominicans has stopped
(c) Many people are crossing the river everyday now
(d) Yves has left directions for them at each stop on the river

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

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

15. Which of the following people does Amabelle NOT secure passage to Haiti for?
(a) Juana
(b) Sebastien
(c) Mimi
(d) Herself

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the man driving the truck able to sneak Amabelle across the border?

2. Where did Amabelle and Sebastien first make love?

3. Why does Amabelle have difficulty finding the stream and cave when she visits Alegria?

4. Where does Amabelle ask the truck driver to leave her?

5. Who does Senor Pico nearly kill as he practices shooting with Senora Valencia?

(see the answer keys)

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