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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 - Ezili.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does she learn from her sister-in-law?
(a) She is to move back to Haiti.
(b) She is to become a spirit.
(c) She is to train as a manbo in Brooklyn.
(d) She is to return to Haiti to train as a manbo.

2. For how long do the ceremonies go on?
(a) Until early in the morning the next day.
(b) Until late at night.
(c) Until early in the evening.
(d) For the next week.

3. The compound is a grouping of huts for whom?
(a) All the families in town.
(b) The Mauvant family's grown children and their children as well.
(c) The children of the community.
(d) The leaders of the community.

4. This chapter is a story about the life of Alourdes' ______________, Philomise.
(a) Daughter.
(b) Mother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Brother.

5. The story begins on __________ early morning.
(a) A typical.
(b) A strange.
(c) A cold.
(d) A stormy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The capital earned by this career gives her leverage over what?

3. ______________ is the mother, the one who bears the children.

4. Fouchard feeds Sina and gives her a place to rest whenever she comes to town to sell her goods at the market. Why does Fouchard do this?

5. When Alourdes is possessed by Ogou, the __________ is always wielded.

(see the answer key)

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