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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Tituba on the ship to America?
(a) She is raped.
(b) She almost dies.
(c) She gives birth.
(d) She is married.

2. John says that which of the following is the first duty of any slave?
(a) To hide.
(b) To serve.
(c) To please.
(d) To survive.

3. What does Tituba decide she wants to be a source of?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Healing.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Pain.

4. From what point of view is the novel told?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person omniscient.

5. Who did Yaya claim to communicate with?
(a) Abena.
(b) People on other islands.
(c) Her ancestors.
(d) Dead people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is purity equivalent to in the text?

2. Who is presented as the most oppressive type of person?

3. What does Maryse Conde claim to sense strongly, which helped her to write this book?

4. What is Tituba told to do by Yaya and Abena?

5. What is John's faith?

(see the answer key)

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