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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 - Dreams and Promises.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The relationship between Sina and Alphonse Macena does not last long. Why?
(a) He is abusive.
(b) He dies.
(c) She tires of him.
(d) He does not carry his weight in the household.

2. ____________________ when she agrees to return to her family land in Jean Rabel to give a feast for the family spirits.
(a) Her voice is restored.
(b) Her hearing is restored.
(c) Her health is restored.
(d) Her sight is restored.

3. Despite her power as a Vodou priestess and the protection that she enjoys at the hands of the spirits, ________________ is enough to upturn Alourdes' life.
(a) Bad luck.
(b) Certain authority.
(c) The American police force.
(d) A Vodou spirit.

4. The emphasis in this chapter is on what?
(a) The economic status of all Haitians.
(b) The relationships between men and women.
(c) The history of Haitian politics.
(d) The economics of women's lives.

5. The spirits will do what if should she neglect them?
(a) Not work for her.
(b) Ignore her.
(c) Help her.
(d) Kill her.

Short Answer Questions

1. She buys land in _____________, building her house with her own hands.

2. When he finds her, she repeatedly refuses service to him. Why?

3. Philo discovers she is pregnant and does everything she can think of to miscarry, as another mouth to feed is the last thing she needs. The spirit __________________ comes to her in a dream and tells her to stop trying to kill her baby.

4. The incident shows that McCarthy Brown is what?

5. She develops a good reputation within the Haitian community because of what?

(see the answer key)

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