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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. How old was the girl when her mother took her on a pilgrimage to the Massacre River?
(a) Eight.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Five.

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

3. What does the girl’s mother hope for the girl?
(a) That she will get revenge for her sake.
(b) That she will have someone to care for her.
(c) That she will get out of the country.
(d) That she will return to the Massacre River.

4. What does Lili want to know is in Guy’s dreams?
(a) A more peaceful life.
(b) Revenge for the government soldiers.
(c) Her and the boy.
(d) A better future for the boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger does the boy’s boat face?

2. What is Guy and Lili’s son called at school, on account of his hair?

3. Whose baby does the girl give birth to on the boat?

4. What is the girl’s mother’s connection with the Massacre River?

5. What does one of the mothers come home with, when she visits the prison where the ‘radio six’ are kept?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the prison where the mother is kept.

4. What happens to the pregnant girl on the ship?

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

6. What is the history of the Massacre River?

7. What consolation is there for the girl after her mother dies?

8. What is it like on the ship the boy is sailing in?

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

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

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