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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?
(a) The country exploded.
(b) The old president returned.
(c) He or she understood it.
(d) He or she was killed.

2. How does the girl know the person who tells her that her mother has died?
(a) The person has a piece of her mother’s clothing.
(b) The person knows the password.
(c) They play the questioning game.
(d) The person carries a letter from the mother.

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

4. What is Guy’s hairline supposed to indicate about him?
(a) That he is not indigenous.
(b) That he is lucky.
(c) That he will be wealthy.
(d) That his life will be troubled.

5. What is the narrator’s job, in Between the Pool and the Gardenias?
(a) Cook.
(b) Groundskeeper.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Housekeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the baby smelled like?

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

3. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?

4. What effect does the boy’s speech have on Guy and Lili?

5. How does the narrator tell whether her son is asleep?

(see the answer key)

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