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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 - Gede.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mama Lola travels to ___________ from Haiti and falls very ill.
(a) France.
(b) America.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Spain.

2. Philo is taken in by a generous woman named _______________.
(a) Madame Victor.
(b) Madame Victoria.
(c) Madame Vichy.
(d) Madame Valeria.

3. Each of these spirits exists in close relation to one another and, when considered as a group, are able to quite accurately paint a portrait of whom?
(a) All women and the circumstances in which they exist.
(b) The Haitian woman and the circumstances in which they exist.
(c) All people and the circumstances in which they exist.
(d) All Haitian people and the circumstances in which they exist.

4. In the end, what happens in William's case?
(a) All charges are dropped.
(b) He is placed in a mental institution.
(c) He is put in prison.
(d) He is given community service.

5. This mothering spirit is tough and strict and sometimes very ____________.
(a) Violent.
(b) Cold.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Slow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting?

2. According to the Vodou philosophy, the world is a precarious place, and it is naïve to think what?

3. In time, the two become friends, and she tells him what story?

4. How old is Joseph Binbin Mauvant?

5. Alourdes' mother, Philomise, is the _________ child born to them.

(see the answer key)

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