2. Where is the Massacre River?
(a) On the border with the Dominican Republic.
(b) On the border with Cuba.
(c) In the center of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
(d) In the mountains.

3. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?
(a) She shaves her head.
(b) She goes barefoot.
(c) She takes extra clothing.
(d) She takes food.

4. What does the girl hear when she is hiding in the latrine?
(a) Soldiers beating her mother.
(b) Soldiers beating her neighbor.
(c) Soldiers shooting at a sniper.
(d) Soldiers searching her house.

5. What does the girl say she wishes she could do?
(a) Flee the country.
(b) Join the army.
(c) Flee with magic.
(d) Kill with magic.

6. What does the boy say he is glad his boat is not full of?
(a) Pregnant women.
(b) Children.
(c) Old people.
(d) Cubans.

7. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?
(a) He or she understood it.
(b) He or she was killed.
(c) The old president returned.
(d) The country exploded.

8. What effect does the boy’s speech have on Guy and Lili?
(a) It makes them proud.
(b) It makes them angry.
(c) It makes them sad.
(d) It makes them impatient.

9. Who does Boukman see in the wall of fire that rises?
(a) The faces of the government soldiers.
(b) The bodies of the slaveholders.
(c) The bones of his ancestors.
(d) The teeth of his enemies.

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

11. In what way is the ocean like the boy’s love for the girl?
(a) It is endless.
(b) It is changeable.
(c) It is tempestuous.
(d) It is filled with life.

12. What did Guy and Lili and their boy eat when things were tight?
(a) Sugar cane pulp.
(b) Government rations.
(c) Vermin.
(d) Mushrooms.

13. How does the narrator characterize soldiers in Haiti?
(a) Vulgar.
(b) Decent.
(c) Machine-like.
(d) Inhuman.

14. Who are the Assads?
(a) Owners of the sugar mill.
(b) The foremen at the mill.
(c) Mill workers.
(d) Merchants near the sugar mill.

15. What does the girl say her father regrets?
(a) Letting her marry the boy.
(b) Being mean to the boy.
(c) Keeping her from going with the boy.
(d) Ever letting her go to school.