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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Ogou.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mauvant regularly do?
(a) He tells stories.
(b) He talks to the spirits.
(c) He sits sipping his special rum mixture and doling out medicine and advice.
(d) He sleeps.

2. Where is this town located?
(a) In the southeast corner of Haiti.
(b) In the northeast corner of Haiti.
(c) In the southwest corner of Haiti.
(d) In the northwest corner of Haiti.

3. Ogou teaches that in order to live, one must do what?
(a) Fight.
(b) Breathe.
(c) Think.
(d) Learn.

4. Many guests arrive for the ritual, and after ______________ to persuade the spirits to attend, Mama Lola becomes possessed by the spirit of Azaka.
(a) Praying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Singing.

5. When "Sina," as Macena calls her, becomes pregnant, Mauvant and the men from the community do what?
(a) Build him a hut in the compound.
(b) Kick him out.
(c) Force him to marry Sina.
(d) Put him in jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warrior lesson does Karen learn?

2. Azaka goes about his business first, settling outstanding loans from what, and then selling the goods from his altar to the guests?

3. The relationship between Sina and Alphonse Macena does not last long. Why?

4. Macena believes that the spirits, like his wife, are there to do what?

5. How do Alourdes and Maggie feel about the idea of having to deal with the American police?

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