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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 say when she finally talks to her mother?
(a) She tells her mother she loves her.
(b) She asks why she took her to Massacre River.
(c) She asks whether her mother flew.
(d) She asks when she will be home.

2. How old was the girl when her mother took her on a pilgrimage to the Massacre River?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Five.

3. What do the prison guards suspect the girl’s mother of being?
(a) A provocateur.
(b) A spy.
(c) A terrorist.
(d) A witch.

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

5. What secret does the girl’s mother reveal to her?
(a) How she became pregnant with her.
(b) How to make a bone soup.
(c) How she escaped from the Dominican Republic.
(d) How to make the Madonna cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prison used for before it was a prison?

2. Why does the girl say she does not leave the house?

3. Who had Trujillo massacred in the Dominican Republic?

4. What does the girl say her father regrets?

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

(see the answer key)

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