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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Lamort’s mother?
(a) She was killed in the coup.
(b) She died giving birth to her.
(c) She was killed by her husband.
(d) She was killed at the Massacre River.

2. How does the girl’s mother’s health change the next time she sees her?
(a) She has a cough.
(b) She has lost her sight.
(c) She has a severe pain.
(d) She has a festering wound.

3. What does Guy demonstrate to Lili?
(a) How he could steal the balloon.
(b) How the fence could be climbed.
(c) How the balloon flies.
(d) How he could get a job at the mill.

4. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?
(a) No one notices.
(b) People want to know who the father is.
(c) People accuse her of killing the baby.
(d) People accuse her of stealing the baby.

5. What does the narrator of Night Women wear to tempt her suitors?
(a) A red scarf.
(b) Red stockings.
(c) A red coat.
(d) Red underwear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Between the Pool and the Gardenias compare the dead baby to?

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

3. Who is the first narrator of Children of the Sea?

4. What story will the woman tell her son if he wakes up while she is with a customer?

5. What is the narrator’s relationship with the groundskeeper?

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