1. Alourdes and Maggie have the responsibility of keeping the women of this line, Sina, Philo and beyond, as well as the family spirits, alive with what?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Their memories.
(c) Stories.
(d) Ritual feeding.

2. In this chapter we learn that Vodou rituals are always opened with what?
(a) Vodou prayer.
(b) Catholic prayer.
(c) Yoga.
(d) Meditation.

3. What does this spirit tell her?
(a) How to make treatments.
(b) How to put a curse on someone.
(c) How to get revenge.
(d) How to find those who are lost.

4. In time, the two become friends, and she tells him what story?
(a) Of how she began her work in treating people.
(b) Of how she became a Haitian.
(c) Of how she began studying Vodou.
(d) Of how she first came to Haiti.

5. In this chapter we learn about Alourdes' Grandmother, ______________.
(a) Marie Noelsine.
(b) Marie Louise.
(c) Marie Noelle.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Why does Macena mourn bitterly?

3. Ogou teaches that in order to live, one must do what?

4. Alourdes ____________ the family spirits that inhabit the land.

5. The chapter about the spirit Azaka, or "Kouzen Zaka" begins with Karen telling the story of her journey to Mama Lola's home in ______________.

(see the answer key)

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