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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. All morning Mauvant is muttering that he is ________________ but no one pays him much attention.
(a) Sick.
(b) Going.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Dying.

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

4. What does she learn from her sister-in-law?
(a) She is to move back to Haiti.
(b) She is to return to Haiti to train as a manbo.
(c) She is to become a spirit.
(d) She is to train as a manbo in Brooklyn.

5. For Alourdes, it is a journey long overdue to do what?
(a) Relax and enjoy life.
(b) Teach others about Vodou.
(c) Pay homage to the spirits.
(d) Learn the history of Haiti.

6. Why is Azaka mad?
(a) Azaka is in a bad mood.
(b) Azaka thinks Alourdes does not love him.
(c) Azaka does not want Alourdes to throw him a party.
(d) Azaka thinks Alourdes is not going to throw him a party.

7. Azaka goes about his business first, settling outstanding loans from what, and then selling the goods from his altar to the guests?
(a) Car sales.
(b) Apartment rental.
(c) The previous year's party.
(d) The market.

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

9. Alourdes ____________ the family spirits that inhabit the land.
(a) Follows.
(b) Feeds.
(c) Mocks.
(d) Studies.

10. Despite her power as a Vodou priestess and the protection that she enjoys at the hands of the spirits, ________________ is enough to upturn Alourdes' life.
(a) Bad luck.
(b) A Vodou spirit.
(c) The American police force.
(d) Certain authority.

11. ____________ is finally reacted by Karen, Alourdes and their traveling companions.
(a) Gros Cajou.
(b) Gros Balance.
(c) Gros Vignon.
(d) Gros Morne.

12. Sina is strong and has saved money from what?
(a) Nannying.
(b) Tutoring children.
(c) Selling her goods at the market.
(d) Saving her inheritance.

13. The incident shows that McCarthy Brown is what?
(a) A liar.
(b) A devoted friend to Alourdes and her family.
(c) A good lawyer.
(d) Very intelligent.

14. What does Philo realize?
(a) She must return to New York.
(b) She misses Luc.
(c) She must ignore the spirits.
(d) She must serve the spirits and take up her mother's legacy.

15. Mama Lola is throwing Azaka _______________ party, as she must every year.
(a) An anniversary.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A surprise.
(d) A pizza.

Short Answer Questions

1. The compound is a grouping of huts for whom?

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

3. There are _______ different subdivisions of Ogou.

4. What is a "met tet?"

5. Sina realizes that Macena will not leave the family compound, so she and her eldest daughter, Gloria, decide to do what?

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