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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What likely happened to the boy’s boat?
(a) It sank.
(b) It arrived safely.
(c) It was destroyed in a storm.
(d) It was captured by Haitian sailors.

2. When was the Massacre River massacre?
(a) September, 1918.
(b) November, 1937.
(c) August, 1954.
(d) April, 1931.

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

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

5. What color would the women wear, when they visited the Massacre River?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the boy say that no one will mistake him and the others for Cuban, now?

2. Why is the girl’s mother in prison?

3. What does the girl say she wishes she could do?

4. What flaw does the narrator say he has?

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

(see the answer key)

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