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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. According to a nun at the clinic, who has been asking about Amabelle?
(a) Yves
(b) Sebastien
(c) Dr. Javier
(d) Juana

12. What torture does Tibon escape that many other Haitian immigrants did not?
(a) Being forced off of a cliff
(b) Being driven off of a cliff
(c) The firing squad
(d) Being drawn and quartered

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

14. Where does Man Denise leave for?
(a) Cap Haitien
(b) Dajabon
(c) Alegria
(d) Port au Prince

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Tibon say is rumored to be waiting for the Haitians at the border?

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

4. What does Amabelle want in place of compensation?

5. What are the people of Dajabon celebrating?

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