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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Alourdes and Maggie feel about the idea of having to deal with the American police?
(a) They are annoyed.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are terrified.
(d) They are excited.

2. This spirit goes absolutely wildly out of control at the sight of ______________.
(a) Food.
(b) Children.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Blood.

3. The journey into rural Haiti is ____________ one.
(a) A grueling.
(b) An easy.
(c) An exciting.
(d) A strange.

4. In the year ___________, both Maggie and Alourdes are confronted with the question--who are my people?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1981.

5. This chapter we learn more about Kouzinn, the spirit who is what?
(a) The male counterpart to Azaka.
(b) The female counterpart to Azaka.
(c) Azaka's brother.
(d) Mama Lola's spiritual advisor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When he finds her, she repeatedly refuses service to him. Why?

3. 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?

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

5. Alourdes maintains that there is only one God, and one set of spirits, but different kinds of people in different kinds of religions do what?

(see the answer key)

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