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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the narrator on Tuesdays and Saturdays?
(a) A writer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A lawyer.

2. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?
(a) Decent.
(b) Machine-like.
(c) Inhuman.
(d) Vulgar.

3. What does her mother answer?
(a) She says that it is important that the daughters remember their mothers.
(b) She says that no human being can fly.
(c) She says that all the women who went to the river can fly.
(d) She says that she will be home soon.

4. What does the son do to make Guy angry?
(a) Curse the government.
(b) Curse the mill-owners.
(c) Mumble.
(d) Tell a secret.

5. How is the boy’s book covered, according to the narrator?
(a) Roughly.
(b) Carefully.
(c) Shoddily.
(d) Meticulously.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the old man tell Princesse he is lucky?

3. What does the girl say is the biggest weapon the government can use against the people?

4. What did Guy and Lili and their boy eat when things were tight?

5. What does the narrator say the baby smelled like?

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