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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells the girl that her mother has died?
(a) A woman whose mother had also given birth in he Massacre River.
(b) A guard from the prison.
(c) A woman who has been to the river with them.
(d) A woman who had been in prison with her mother.

2. 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 tempestuous.
(d) It is changeable.

3. Why do the guards make the women dash themselves with cold water at night?
(a) To keep them clean.
(b) To keep them from sleeping well.
(c) To keep wings from growing from their shoulders.
(d) To humiliate them.

4. Why does the boy say that no one will mistake him and the others for Cuban, now?
(a) They have such good equipment.
(b) They are all sunburned.
(c) They are all seasick.
(d) They are all so poor.

5. What is the girl told to throw away?
(a) Tapes of the boy’s radio show.
(b) Pictures of dead soldiers.
(c) Letters from her father.
(d) Clothes she wore to a rally.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Massacre River massacre?

2. How many people are passengers on the boat?

3. How does the girl’s mother’s health change the next time she sees her?

4. What flaw does the narrator say he has?

5. How old was the girl when her mother took her on a pilgrimage to the Massacre River?

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