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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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. Who are the Assads?
(a) Mill workers.
(b) Merchants near the sugar mill.
(c) Owners of the sugar mill.
(d) The foremen at the mill.

4. Why did Guy and Lili keep their son close to them at the sugar mill?
(a) So he would not run off and be thought indigent.
(b) So he would not think that he was alone there.
(c) So he would not stare at people and be called insolent.
(d) So he would not play with the other rough boys.

5. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?
(a) That the river will rise against the Dominican Republic.
(b) That her mother’s flight will be joyful.
(c) That a massacre will never happen again.
(d) That there will be revenge for the soldiers who massacred Haitians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old are the narrators?

2. Who had Trujillo massacred in the Dominican Republic?

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

4. What does the son do to make Guy angry?

5. How many people are passengers on the boat?

(see the answer key)

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