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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Selling precious items.
(b) Bartering with sex.
(c) Giving away her children.
(d) Cooking for wealthy families.

2. Ogou Badagri, the shy, handsome, brave and loyal, is Alourdes' _____________ from the spirit world.
(a) Husband.
(b) Friend.
(c) Chief counselor.
(d) Father.

3. When do the preparations for the party begin?
(a) Around 10:00 at night.
(b) Around 5:00 in the morning.
(c) Around 10:00 in the morning.
(d) Around 5:00 in then evening.

4. By the end of this chapter, Alourdes does what for Karen?
(a) Buys her supplies for being a manbo.
(b) Prays for her.
(c) Puts in a good word for her with the spirits.
(d) Reads her cards.

5. She buys land in _____________, building her house with her own hands.
(a) Gros Cajou.
(b) Gros Balance.
(c) Gros Mango.
(d) Gros Morne.

6. Often this way of thinking can lead a Haitian woman into what?
(a) A great depression.
(b) Service of the spirits.
(c) Drugs.
(d) High-risk situations.

7. McCarthy Brown recounts in this chapter a trip she and Alourdes make together in ________ to Haiti.
(a) 1981.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1983.

8. The capital earned by this career gives her leverage over what?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Those who are not a part of the culture.
(c) Other women.
(d) An otherwise male-dominated culture.

9. Mama Lola takes the ________ like her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
(a) Aser.
(b) Asion.
(c) Ason.
(d) Asar.

10. When Karen arrives, where does she find Mama Lola?
(a) In the kitchen cooking.
(b) Slumped against the table.
(c) Asleep.
(d) In a trance.

11. 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?
(a) She is Sina's aunt.
(b) She cares for Sina.
(c) She is a kind woman.
(d) She knows that these favors will oblige Sina to her.

12. What did Maggie explain to Karen?
(a) Azaka is praising her.
(b) Azaka is ignoring her.
(c) Azaka is punishing her.
(d) Azaka is speaking to her.

13. What is a ritual feeding of the poor?
(a) A Manje pov.
(b) Monji pav.
(c) Ponji mav.
(d) Panje mov.

14. What does Mauvant vomit up?
(a) His lunch.
(b) A small, smooth stone.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A spirit.

15. Where is this ritual feeding held?
(a) In someone's home in Port-au-Prince.
(b) In church in Port-au-Prince.
(c) In the town hall in Port-au-Prince.
(d) In the cemetery of Port-au-Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. His medicine, his power, is with him naturally, and he has no need even for what?

2. Where is this town located?

3. What does she learn from her sister-in-law?

4. Marie Noelsine is befriended by Madame Fouchard, the local _____________ in Port-de-Paix.

5. Kouzinn is _____________, a trade that is key to the survival for the poor women of Haiti.

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