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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how many generations has the statue of the Madonna been in the girl’s family before her?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

3. How does the second narrator characterize her feeling in the first narrator’s absence?
(a) Irritable.
(b) Content.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Peaceful.

4. How does Emilie say she became a woman last night?
(a) She lost her mother.
(b) She lost her hopes.
(c) She lost her innocence.
(d) She lost her virginity.

5. Where does Grace’s mother tell her to go instead of coming home?
(a) To get dinner.
(b) To get her passport.
(c) To school.
(d) To get her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of wedding does Mrs. Azile want for her daughter?

2. Why is the girl’s mother in prison?

3. What do Madame and Monsieur say is holding Haiti back?

4. What does the baby in Between the Pool and the Gardenias make the narrator think about?

5. How does Mrs. Azile characterize her relationship with the man who proposed to her?

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