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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10 - Danbala.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is done around ____________.
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 4:00 a.m.
(c) 4:00 p.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

2. Alourdes ____________ the family spirits that inhabit the land.
(a) Feeds.
(b) Studies.
(c) Follows.
(d) Mocks.

3. Where is this ritual feeding held?
(a) In the cemetery of Port-au-Prince.
(b) In the town hall in Port-au-Prince.
(c) In church in Port-au-Prince.
(d) In someone's home in Port-au-Prince.

4. Each of these women represents a generational link in a chain that, if broken, will cause what to happen to future generations?
(a) They will lose their ancestral stories and their deepest connections to who they are.
(b) They will die.
(c) They will leave Haiti.
(d) They will lose all power.

5. 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.
(a) Lady of the Sea.
(b) Lady of Guadeloupe.
(c) Lady of Lourdes.
(d) Lady of the Snows.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When "Sina," as Macena calls her, becomes pregnant, Mauvant and the men from the community do what?

3. What does Mauvant regularly do?

4. What is the setting?

5. The spirit, __________, comes to her in a dream.

(see the answer key)

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