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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 is the girl’s last hope, in the story?
(a) That there will be revenge for the soldiers who massacred Haitians.
(b) That the river will rise against the Dominican Republic.
(c) That her mother’s flight will be joyful.
(d) That a massacre will never happen again.

2. What does the narrator of Night Women tell her son when he asks about the angels?
(a) That he will see them soon enough.
(b) That he has all his life to see angels.
(c) That he will never see them when he is looking.
(d) That he will wish he had not seen them, when he does.

3. When was the Massacre River massacre?
(a) September, 1918.
(b) August, 1954.
(c) April, 1931.
(d) November, 1937.

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

5. Where does the narrator of New York Day Women work?
(a) Fashion design.
(b) Advertising.
(c) Import/export.
(d) The law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the baby in Between the Pool and the Gardenias make the narrator think about?

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

3. What does the narrator say her customer calls her, when she satisfies him?

4. When do day women come out?

5. What happens to the girl when she gets to be with her mother?

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