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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What news does Guy finally tell his wife?
(a) That he was hired full-time.
(b) That he was promoted.
(c) That he got work for the next day.
(d) That he was fired.

3. What do the prison guards suspect the girl’s mother of being?
(a) A witch.
(b) A provocateur.
(c) A spy.
(d) A terrorist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl’s mother hope for the girl?

2. Why did Guy and Lili keep their son close to them at the sugar mill?

3. How is the boy’s book covered, according to the narrator?

4. How many people are passengers on the boat?

5. What was the prison used for before it was a prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lili leave Guy’s eyes open at the end of A Wall of Fire Rising?

2. Describe the girl’s pilgrimage to the Massacre River.

3. What is it like in Haiti where the girl remains after the boy’s departure?

4. What is the importance of Boukman’s speech in A Wall of Fire Rising?

5. How does the boy in Children of the Sea describe his love for the girl?

6. What are the mood and tone of this story?

7. What happens to the boy in the end of the story?

8. Describe the girl’s trip to visit her mother in prison.

9. Describe the prison where the mother is kept.

10. Describe the circumstances in which Guy and Lili live.

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