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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 - Sojeme, Sojeme.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Often this way of thinking can lead a Haitian woman into what?
(a) A great depression.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Service of the spirits.
(d) High-risk situations.

2. They are received with a mixture of ____________________ by the rural townsfolk.
(a) Fascination and expectation.
(b) Annoyance and fear.
(c) Anger and fear.
(d) Fear and excitement.

3. We learn in this chapter that Maggie is almost more like a ______________ to Alourdes, someone upon who she relies heavily in her work as a manbo.
(a) Cousin.
(b) Sister.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Friend.

4. Kouzinn is _____________, a trade that is key to the survival for the poor women of Haiti.
(a) A healer.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A market woman.
(d) A doctor.

5. Alourdes remembers whose birth?
(a) Maggie's.
(b) Her own.
(c) The spirits'.
(d) Karen's.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Karen, the trip is largely in the name of ____________.

2. The journey into rural Haiti is ____________ one.

3. The emphasis in this chapter is on what?

4. Who is Leve Jipon Fanm-nan, meaning "Raise that Woman's Petticoat?"

5. How do they know this illness is a sure sign of illness caused by the spirits?

(see the answer key)

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