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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the cock fights taking place?
(a) In a hut.
(b) In the town.
(c) On the beach.
(d) Beneath a banyan tree.

2. Why did Guy and Lili keep their son close to them at the sugar mill?
(a) So he would not think that he was alone there.
(b) So he would not stare at people and be called insolent.
(c) So he would not run off and be thought indigent.
(d) So he would not play with the other rough boys.

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

4. In what situation does Catherine hope to paint Princesse one day?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In the city.
(c) While she is sleeping.
(d) In the palace.

5. Why does the boy say that no one will mistake him and the others for Cuban, now?
(a) They have such good equipment.
(b) They are all seasick.
(c) They are all so poor.
(d) They are all sunburned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Night Women wear to tempt her suitors?

2. How does the reader learn that the baby the narrator has found is dead?

3. What has Emilie brought pieces of cloth to Ville Rose for?

4. What is the narrator’s mother principally concerned with?

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

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