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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say she could give to the baby she finds?
(a) The clothes she made for her own babies.
(b) The blankets she had been crocheting.
(c) The money she had saved.
(d) The love her husband no longer wanted.

2. What is the old man like, who is watching the cock fight?
(a) A Cuban.
(b) A soldier.
(c) An American.
(d) A drunk.

3. What does the narrator of Between the Pool and the Gardenias compare the dead baby to?
(a) A rag.
(b) A sculpture.
(c) An icon.
(d) A doll.

4. For how many generations has the statue of the Madonna been in the girl’s family before her?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What color does the narrator say her eyes are?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Honey.
(c) Sky.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Princesse feel about her body?

2. What does the girl narrator see this miracle as a sign of?

3. What do the prison guards suspect the girl’s mother of being?

4. How long does the girl’s mother make her food last, in prison?

5. What does the narrator of Night Women wear to tempt her suitors?

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