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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Haiti, before she moved to America, Alourdes, like most other Haitian women, did whatever it took to feed herself and her family, including what?
(a) Giving away her children.
(b) Cooking for wealthy families.
(c) Bartering with sex.
(d) Selling precious items.

2. Luc is a wealthy man, and he funds a trip for Philo and her son to do what?
(a) Take a relaxing vacation.
(b) Move to the States.
(c) Journey back into the mountains
(d) Journey to Port au Prince.

3. What does Mauvant regularly do?
(a) He sits sipping his special rum mixture and doling out medicine and advice.
(b) He sleeps.
(c) He talks to the spirits.
(d) He tells stories.

4. What does McCarthy Brown do for Alourdes and Maggie?
(a) She acts as William's lawyer.
(b) She pays for William's bail.
(c) She translates for them.
(d) She steps in to assist in the process.

5. The relationship between Sina and Alphonse Macena does not last long. Why?
(a) He does not carry his weight in the household.
(b) He is abusive.
(c) He dies.
(d) She tires of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rapelle is told in the dream that she will be able to do what?

2. Why does Alourdes do this for Karen?

3. _________________ is a white woman.

4. The litany of spirits and the litany of ancestral rite would be impossible to maintain in the realm of _________________ where the human and the divine are forbidden to mix.

5. While power liberates, it also can do what to those who wield it?

(see the answer key)

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