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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the boy dream of?
(a) The bottom of the sea.
(b) His future wife.
(c) His childhood home.
(d) The girl’s family.

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

3. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?
(a) Decent.
(b) Inhuman.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Machine-like.

4. For how many generations has the statue of the Madonna been in the girl’s family before her?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

5. Who are the macoutes?
(a) Local thugs.
(b) Local militia.
(c) Secret police.
(d) Elite soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flaw does the narrator say he has?

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

3. Who had Trujillo massacred in the Dominican Republic?

4. How does the second narrator characterize her feeling in the first narrator’s absence?

5. What does the girl say is the biggest weapon the government can use against the people?

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