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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to a person who catches a glimpse of her beneath the water that reaches out to touch her?
(a) He or she is taken under the water and drowned.
(b) He or she is blinded.
(c) He or she goes deaf.
(d) He or she loses his or her mind.

2. Macena believes that the spirits, like his wife, are there to do what?
(a) Hurt him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Scare him.
(d) Serve him.

3. What does the spirit do to Philo?
(a) He makes her deaf.
(b) He makes her go blind.
(c) He makes her mute.
(d) He makes her ill.

4. She is seen as the image of what?
(a) A piece of seaweed.
(b) A fish or snake.
(c) A mermaid or a whale.
(d) A turtle.

5. She develops a good reputation within the Haitian community because of what?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her wealth.
(c) Her influence among the authorities.
(d) Her effective treatments and her fairness with her clients.

Short Answer Questions

1. Maggie tells the story of losing a ___________ (an important item in Vodou initiation rituals.) while in Haiti.

2. What is the beaded rattle used to leverage the spirit world?

3. Luc is a wealthy man, and he funds a trip for Philo and her son to do what?

4. In ______________, Alourdes' son William, who is mentally retarded, is arrested for a purse snatching.

5. The spirits will do what if should she neglect them?

(see the answer key)

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