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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what way is the ocean like the boy’s love for the girl?
(a) It is filled with life.
(b) It is changeable.
(c) It is tempestuous.
(d) It is endless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator writing from?

2. What has the girl’s manman buried behind the house?

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

4. Whose name is no one mentioning, according to the girl?

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

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