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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What flaw does the narrator say he has?
(a) He cannot imagine the future.
(b) He imagines his death too easily.
(c) His imagination is frail.
(d) He imagines too much.

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

3. What does the girl say her father regrets?
(a) Being mean to the boy.
(b) Ever letting her go to school.
(c) Keeping her from going with the boy.
(d) Letting her marry the boy.

4. How does the second narrator characterize her feeling in the first narrator’s absence?
(a) Irritable.
(b) Content.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Anxious.

5. Why does the girl say she does not leave the house?
(a) Because the macoutes are always watching.
(b) Because none of the shops are open anyway.
(c) Because there is too much violence in the streets.
(d) Because she cannot go anywhere.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl hear when she is hiding in the latrine?

2. Who are the macoutes?

3. What prevents the girl’s family from leaving the city?

4. Who does the boy dream of?

5. What does the boy say he is glad his boat is not full of?

(see the answer key)

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