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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy say is the only thing on Boukman’s mind?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Supper.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Power.

2. Who is Boukman?
(a) A Haitian president.
(b) An American singer.
(c) A Haitian slave owner.
(d) A rebel leader.

3. How is the boy’s book covered, according to the narrator?
(a) Carefully.
(b) Shoddily.
(c) Meticulously.
(d) Roughly.

4. What does the baby in Between the Pool and the Gardenias make the narrator think about?
(a) The pregnancies she could not keep.
(b) The babies she had given away.
(c) The baby she had aborted.
(d) A friend who could not keep her baby.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say her customer calls her, when she satisfies him?

2. What is the girl’s mother’s connection with the Massacre River?

3. How does Emilie find out whether Lamort can read?

4. Whose baby does the girl give birth to on the boat?

5. What miracle does Nineteen Thirty-Seven start with?

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