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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl’s mother hope for the girl?
(a) That she will have someone to care for her.
(b) That she will return to the Massacre River.
(c) That she will get revenge for her sake.
(d) That she will get out of the country.

2. When was the Massacre River massacre?
(a) November, 1937.
(b) August, 1954.
(c) September, 1918.
(d) April, 1931.

3. What does the girl say is the biggest weapon the government can use against the people?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Rape.
(c) Indefinite detentions.
(d) Hope.

4. What danger does the boy’s boat face?
(a) Pirates.
(b) Bad weather.
(c) Leaks.
(d) Mutiny.

5. What likely happened to the boy’s boat?
(a) It was destroyed in a storm.
(b) It sank.
(c) It was captured by Haitian sailors.
(d) It arrived safely.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?

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

3. Who does the boy dream of?

4. What is the girl told to throw away?

5. How many people are passengers on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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