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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 Lili want to know is in Guy’s dreams?
(a) Revenge for the government soldiers.
(b) A better future for the boy.
(c) Her and the boy.
(d) A more peaceful life.

2. What does the girl say is the biggest weapon the government can use against the people?
(a) Hope.
(b) Indefinite detentions.
(c) Rape.
(d) Propaganda.

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

4. Who tells the girl that her mother has died?
(a) A guard from the prison.
(b) A woman who has been to the river with them.
(c) A woman who had been in prison with her mother.
(d) A woman whose mother had also given birth in he Massacre River.

5. What regime does Lamort say she supports?
(a) The ancient regime.
(b) God’s regime.
(c) The new regime.
(d) The old regime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objection does Lamort’s grandmother make to the hibiscus she has brought home?

2. What did people watch at the sugar mill?

3. What is the narrator waiting for at the end of Between the Pool and the Gardenias?

4. How does the narrator tell whether her son is asleep?

5. Who comes to the narrator on Tuesdays and Saturdays?

(see the answer key)

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