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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the girl visit her mother?
(a) At her parents’ house.
(b) At home.
(c) At the cemetery.
(d) In prison.

3. What does the girl say when she finally talks to her mother?
(a) She tells her mother she loves her.
(b) She asks why she took her to Massacre River.
(c) She asks whether her mother flew.
(d) She asks when she will be home.

4. What does the boy say is the only thing on Boukman’s mind?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Supper.
(d) Power.

5. What is the dinner table made of, in Guy and Lili’s house?
(a) Laps—there is no table.
(b) Shipping crates.
(c) Mahogany.
(d) Plywood and bricks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Guy finally tell his wife?

2. What is the narrator’s relationship, in Between the Pool and the Gardenias, with the women in the earlier stories?

3. What does the girl do when the mother takes the statue of the madonna from her?

4. Why do the guards make the women dash themselves with cold water at night?

5. What was the prison used for before it was a prison?

(see the answer key)

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