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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Doloritas and Amabelle have in common?
(a) They both worked in the sugar cane fields
(b) They have both lost their parents
(c) They both lived in Alegria
(d) They are both engaged to Haitian men who are missing

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

3. What does Amabelle want in place of compensation?
(a) Sebastien to return to Haiti
(b) To see Senora Valencia again
(c) Treatment for her injuries
(d) Information about Sebastien and Mimi

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

5. Why is the man driving the truck able to sneak Amabelle across the border?
(a) He is a government official
(b) The government owes him favors for helping in the revolution
(c) He pays off the guards at each checkpoint
(d) He hides her under his crates of vegetables

Short Answer Questions

1. What main town do the travelers reach first?

2. What sight in the deserted village does Yves conceal from the others?

3. How does Sebastien visit Amabelle now that he is dead?

4. What is ironic about the assassination of Generalissimo Trujillo?

5. Who stays with Rafi's body during the night after the wake?

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