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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the boy’s voice when he recites his lines over his father’s dead body?
(a) A woman’s tender lament.
(b) An old man’s rasp.
(c) A man’s grieving roar.
(d) A child’s little whimper.

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

3. 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 extra clothing.
(c) She goes barefoot.
(d) She takes food.

4. What is the dead baby next to when the narrator finds it?
(a) A house.
(b) A sewer.
(c) A road.
(d) A store.

5. Who is Boukman?
(a) A rebel leader.
(b) A Haitian president.
(c) A Haitian slave owner.
(d) An American singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the narrator in Night Women?

2. What prevents the girl’s family from leaving the city?

3. How many people are passengers on the boat?

4. Where is the narrator writing from?

5. What color would the women wear, when they visited the Massacre River?

(see the answer key)

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