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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 promise does Catherine make to Princesse?
(a) Not to let anyone in Haiti see her paintings of her.
(b) To sell the paintings for good money in Paris.
(c) Never to let anyone see her paintings of her.
(d) To share the money she gets for the paintings.

2. What form does New York Day Women take?
(a) Narrative.
(b) Stream-of-consciousness.
(c) Aphorisms.
(d) Dialogue.

3. Who comes to the narrator on Tuesdays and Saturdays?
(a) A writer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A soldier.

4. What does the narrator say the baby smelled like?
(a) The house she grew up in.
(b) Madame’s perfumes.
(c) Madame’s cooking.
(d) The department stores.

5. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?
(a) She shaves her head.
(b) She takes food.
(c) She goes barefoot.
(d) She takes extra clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Catherine’s demeanor toward Princesse?

2. How are the narrator’s bed and her son’s separated?

3. What is the narrator waiting for at the end of Between the Pool and the Gardenias?

4. Where does the narrator of New York Day Women work?

5. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?

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