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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of Night Women tell her son when he asks about the angels?
(a) That he has all his life to see angels.
(b) That he will wish he had not seen them, when he does.
(c) That he will see them soon enough.
(d) That he will never see them when he is looking.

2. How does Emilie say she became a woman last night?
(a) She lost her hopes.
(b) She lost her virginity.
(c) She lost her innocence.
(d) She lost her mother.

3. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?
(a) People accuse her of killing the baby.
(b) People accuse her of stealing the baby.
(c) No one notices.
(d) People want to know who the father is.

4. What is the girl’s mother’s connection with the Massacre River?
(a) She was born there.
(b) She was conceived there.
(c) She was raped there.
(d) Her mother was killed there.

5. What form does New York Day Women take?
(a) Narrative.
(b) Stream-of-consciousness.
(c) Aphorisms.
(d) Dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is remarkable about Catherine’s sunbathing?

2. What does Raymond invite Lamort to see from the pile of dirt?

3. Where does Princesse make her drawing at the end of Seeing Things Simply?

4. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?

5. What is Guy and Lili’s son called at school, on account of his hair?

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