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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luis characterize the drive from the army base home?
(a) Too fast
(b) Angering
(c) Exciting
(d) Exhausting

2. Why is Senora Valencia surprised when the first baby is born?
(a) It is a boy and she expected to have a girl
(b) The baby's skin color is much darker than her own
(c) She wanted Dr. Javier to deliver the baby
(d) It is a girl and she expected to have a boy

3. Where does Papi go when Senora Valencia goes into labor?
(a) To get Dr. Javier
(b) To get Senora Valencia's husband
(c) To pray for his daughter's safety
(d) To help Amabelle

4. Why does the narrator's father caution her against playing with her shadow?
(a) He believes it will isolate her from other children
(b) He believes it will cause nightmares
(c) He believes it will make her crazy
(d) He believes it will draw evil spirits to her

5. Why is Senora Valencia concerned about having Dr. Javier deliver her baby?
(a) She does not want a man present when the children are born
(b) She does not have confidence in his ability to deliver babies
(c) She does not want him to see her completely naked
(d) She does not want him to see her in pain

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is this first part of the novel set?

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

3. Why does Senora Valencia ask Pico to bring Amabelle to her the evening after the birth of her children?

4. What plant did the Haitian immigrants use to bathe with?

5. What does Amabelle say she does more than her mother did?

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