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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Senora Valencia tell Amabelle she had her light a candle for?
(a) Her husband
(b) Her mother
(c) The Virgin Mary
(d) Her daughter

2. What did Amabelle's mother give her to help her feel better when she was sick with a fever?
(a) Hugs and kisses
(b) A talisman
(c) Herbal medicine
(d) A doll

3. What does the narrator say she played with when she was a child?
(a) Sugar cane stalks
(b) Her shadow
(c) Her sisters
(d) A doll

4. Why did Amabelle's father move her away from her mother's cooking pot when she was a child?
(a) He is concerned she will burn herself
(b) He wants her to remain a child and not grow up too quickly
(c) He does not want her to become a domestic worker
(d) He knows it will anger her mother to see her tampering with the food

5. Why does Sebastien insist that the narrator take off her uniform?
(a) It needs to be washed
(b) It is hot and itchy
(c) It represents the image her employers have of her
(d) It represents her past in Haiti

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a piece of advice Amabelle gives Senora Valencia to help ease the pain of childbirth?

2. Where is Senora Valencia's house located?

3. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?

4. What is the "farming of the bones"?

5. What does Amabelle notice about Dona Sabine's home that makes her concerned "another Yanki invasion was coming?"

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