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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the girl when she gets to be with her mother?
(a) She forgets her name.
(b) She goes mute.
(c) She panics.
(d) She gets dizzy.

2. What does the girl’s mother hope for the girl?
(a) That she will get revenge for her sake.
(b) That she will have someone to care for her.
(c) That she will return to the Massacre River.
(d) That she will get out of the country.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?

5. What likely happened to the boy’s boat?

(see the answer key)

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