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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - The Baka Made from Jealousy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town does the story take place?
(a) Achille.
(b) Surin.
(c) Jean Rabel.
(d) Port au Prince.

2. Unfortunately, Fouchard's plan all along is to do what?
(a) Utilize Philo as a maid whom she will not have to pay.
(b) Have Philo be the daughter she always wanted.
(c) Sell Philo.
(d) Return Philo to her mother as soon as possible.

3. What happens to Sina shortly after this?
(a) She becomes a manbo.
(b) She moves back into the country.
(c) She is poisoned and killed.
(d) She returns to the United States.

4. By the end of this chapter, Alourdes does what for Karen?
(a) Buys her supplies for being a manbo.
(b) Puts in a good word for her with the spirits.
(c) Reads her cards.
(d) Prays for her.

5. Ogou Badagri, the shy, handsome, brave and loyal, is Alourdes' _____________ from the spirit world.
(a) Chief counselor.
(b) Husband.
(c) Father.
(d) Friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philo is taken in by a generous woman named _______________.

2. What does McCarthy Brown do for Alourdes and Maggie?

3. Macena shirks his responsibilities and spends all of his time where?

4. His medicine, his power, is with him naturally, and he has no need even for what?

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

(see the answer key)

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