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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy say he is glad his boat is not full of?
(a) Pregnant women.
(b) Old people.
(c) Children.
(d) Cubans.

2. Who does the girl say is her most trusted friend at Ville Rose?
(a) Her pen and paper.
(b) Her father.
(c) The banyan tree.
(d) Her mother.

3. Where is the narrator writing from?
(a) A port.
(b) American waters.
(c) A prison ship.
(d) The ocean.

4. What does the girl say she wishes she could do?
(a) Join the army.
(b) Flee the country.
(c) Flee with magic.
(d) Kill with magic.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the boy dream of?

3. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?

4. Why does the boy say that no one will mistake him and the others for Cuban, now?

5. What danger does the boy’s boat face?

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