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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to even miscarried children in Ville Rose, according to the narrator?
(a) They are ritually burned.
(b) All the pieces are dried out and kept.
(c) They are hidden from anyone.
(d) All the pieces are buried.

3. What does the narrator say she feels about night-time?
(a) Tenderness.
(b) Longing.
(c) Affection.
(d) Dread.

4. What kind of people typically stay at Lamort’s grandmother’s house?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Journalists.
(c) Artists.
(d) Government officials.

5. Where does the narrator of New York Day Women see her mother?
(a) Ville Rose.
(b) Paris.
(c) Midtown Manhattan.
(d) Port-au-Prince.

6. What does the daughter do with the clothing her mother buys her?
(a) Donates it.
(b) Wears it.
(c) Throws it away.
(d) Sells it.

7. How does Emilie find out whether Lamort can read?
(a) She gives her a magazine.
(b) She shows her her soap packet.
(c) She offers her a book.
(d) She offers her a tin of cookies.

8. What does Emilie give to Lamort, for posterity?
(a) Her mother’s photograph.
(b) Her mother’s pieces of cloth.
(c) Her mother’s name.
(d) Her mother’s letters.

9. What does Lamort’s grandmother rub her body with?
(a) Hibiscus flowers.
(b) Mint leaves.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Rosemary.

10. What color does the narrator say her eyes are?
(a) Sky.
(b) Gold.
(c) Honey.
(d) Dirt.

11. What does the narrator of Between the Pool and the Gardenias compare the dead baby to?
(a) A doll.
(b) A rag.
(c) A sculpture.
(d) An icon.

12. What does Catherine have to do to get Princesse to remove her underwear before she poses for her?
(a) Promise her money.
(b) Plead.
(c) threaten her.
(d) Turn around.

13. What does Catherine say is the most important part of a face?
(a) The nose.
(b) The mouth.
(c) The eyebrows.
(d) The eyes.

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

15. What is the password Raymond tells Lamort?
(a) Long live the President.
(b) Don't shoot.
(c) I'm a friend.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what situation does Catherine hope to paint Princesse one day?

2. How are the narrator’s bed and her son’s separated?

3. What happened to Lamort’s mother?

4. What does Raymond invite Lamort to see from the pile of dirt?

5. How does the narrator characterize the old man?

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