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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Guy finally tell his wife?
(a) That he was fired.
(b) That he was promoted.
(c) That he was hired full-time.
(d) That he got work for the next day.

2. What is the dinner table made of, in Guy and Lili’s house?
(a) Plywood and bricks.
(b) Laps—there is no table.
(c) Shipping crates.
(d) Mahogany.

3. Why is the girl’s mother in prison?
(a) She was accused of stealing food.
(b) She was accused of stealing a baby.
(c) She was accused of bewitching a dead boy.
(d) She was accused of adultery.

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

5. What does the girl take to her mother?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Paper.
(d) Newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who are the macoutes?

4. What is the girl told to throw away?

5. Who does Boukman see in the wall of fire that rises?

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