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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What danger does the boy’s boat face?
(a) Mutiny.
(b) Pirates.
(c) Leaks.
(d) Bad weather.

2. What does the girl do when the mother takes the statue of the madonna from her?
(a) She begins to hyperventilate.
(b) She begins to sing.
(c) She bursts into tears.
(d) She begins to pray.

3. How old was the girl when her mother took her on a pilgrimage to the Massacre River?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

4. What prevents the girl’s family from leaving the city?
(a) Their car is destroyed.
(b) Militia in the streets.
(c) Their car is broken.
(d) Gasoline ban.

5. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?
(a) The country exploded.
(b) He or she understood it.
(c) The old president returned.
(d) He or she was killed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?

2. Where is the Massacre River?

3. What does the girl take to her mother?

4. Why do the guards make the women dash themselves with cold water at night?

5. What does the girl say her father regrets?

(see the answer key)

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