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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) Revenge.
(b) Power.
(c) Supper.
(d) Freedom.

2. What happens to the girl when she gets to be with her mother?
(a) She goes mute.
(b) She panics.
(c) She forgets her name.
(d) She gets dizzy.

3. 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 come from the town she came from.
(c) They are her ancestors.
(d) They have all worked for the same Madame.

4. How long does the girl’s mother make her food last, in prison?
(a) Hours.
(b) Days.
(c) Weeks.
(d) Months.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Guy and Lili and their boy eat when things were tight?

2. What kind of people typically stay at Lamort’s grandmother’s house?

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

4. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?

5. What does her mother answer?

(see the answer key)

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