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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 terrifies Lili?
(a) Militiamen coming for them.
(b) The thought of the mill closing.
(c) Snakes and insects in the grass.
(d) The thought of her son performing.

2. In what way does the boy surprise his father?
(a) He already knows his lines.
(b) He has learned the whole history of Haiti’s slave revolt.
(c) He has already been rehearsing with his classmates.
(d) He has already borrowed clothes.

3. How old is the narrator in Night Women?
(a) 12.
(b) 14
(c) 18.
(d) 25.

4. How many people are passengers on the boat?
(a) 18.
(b) 24.
(c) 9.
(d) 37.

5. What is remarkable about Catherine’s sunbathing?
(a) She never complains about her sunburn.
(b) She never changes color.
(c) She remains quite fair.
(d) She never uses sunscreen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lamort playing with at the beginning of The Missing Peace?

2. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?

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

4. What likely happened to the boy’s boat?

5. What does the narrator say she could give to the baby she finds?

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