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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was the girl when her mother took her on a pilgrimage to the Massacre River?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Five.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Eight.

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

3. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?
(a) People accuse her of stealing the baby.
(b) No one notices.
(c) People want to know who the father is.
(d) People accuse her of killing the baby.

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

5. Where is Catherine from?
(a) Port-au-Prince.
(b) Guadeloupe.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For how many generations has the statue of the Madonna been in the girl’s family before her?

3. What is Catherine’s demeanor toward Princesse?

4. What does the narrator of Between the Pool and the Gardenias compare the dead baby to?

5. What does the girl take to her mother?

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