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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator’s relationship, in Between the Pool and the Gardenias, with the women in the earlier stories?
(a) They are all Dominican like her.
(b) They are her ancestors.
(c) They have all worked for the same Madame.
(d) They come from the town she came from.

2. What does Lamort’s grandmother rub her body with?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Mint leaves.
(d) Hibiscus flowers.

3. Why do the guards make the women dash themselves with cold water at night?
(a) To keep them clean.
(b) To keep them from sleeping well.
(c) To keep wings from growing from their shoulders.
(d) To humiliate them.

4. What is the dead baby next to when the narrator finds it?
(a) A sewer.
(b) A house.
(c) A store.
(d) A road.

5. How does Emilie find out whether Lamort can read?
(a) She gives her a magazine.
(b) She offers her a book.
(c) She shows her her soap packet.
(d) She offers her a tin of cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator’s roof still have holes in it?

2. What would the narrator of Night Women like her son to forget about the place where they live?

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

4. What does the narrator compare Guy’s admiration for the hot-air balloon to?

5. What does the boy say is the only thing on Boukman’s mind?

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