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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the girl’s mother in prison?
(a) She was accused of stealing food.
(b) She was accused of stealing a baby.
(c) She was accused of adultery.
(d) She was accused of bewitching a dead boy.

2. What secret does the girl’s mother reveal to her?
(a) How to make a bone soup.
(b) How she became pregnant with her.
(c) How she escaped from the Dominican Republic.
(d) How to make the Madonna cry.

3. 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 a massacre will never happen again.
(d) That her mother’s flight will be joyful.

4. What miracle does Nineteen Thirty-Seven start with?
(a) The face of Jesus.
(b) A man brought back to life.
(c) A crying madonna.
(d) A healing scar.

5. Where is the Massacre River?
(a) In the center of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
(b) On the border with Cuba.
(c) On the border with the Dominican Republic.
(d) In the mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the girl know the person who tells her that her mother has died?

2. How long does the girl’s mother make her food last, in prison?

3. What does the girl say when she finally talks to her mother?

4. Who tells the girl that her mother has died?

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

(see the answer key)

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