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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 was the prison used for before it was a prison?
(a) A country house.
(b) A castle.
(c) A slave auction house.
(d) An American fort.

2. What does her mother answer?
(a) She says that all the women who went to the river can fly.
(b) She says that she will be home soon.
(c) She says that no human being can fly.
(d) She says that it is important that the daughters remember their mothers.

3. What terrifies Lili?
(a) The thought of the mill closing.
(b) The thought of her son performing.
(c) Militiamen coming for them.
(d) Snakes and insects in the grass.

4. What did people watch at the sugar mill?
(a) Cock fights.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Government-sponsored TV.
(d) Dog fights.

5. In what way is the ocean like the boy’s love for the girl?
(a) It is filled with life.
(b) It is endless.
(c) It is changeable.
(d) It is tempestuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story will the woman tell her son if he wakes up while she is with a customer?

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

3. What is the girl told to throw away?

4. Who does the boy dream of?

5. What does the narrator of Night Women tell her son when he asks about the angels?

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