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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______________ is an elusive creature of the deep sea, a siren.
(a) Lasyrenn.
(b) Asrial.
(c) Freda.
(d) Danto.

2. The first is a _____________ in order to dislodge the spirits in one's head.
(a) Head washing.
(b) Head healing.
(c) Head cleansing.
(d) Head holding.

3. Second is called ____________, to transform suffering into power.
(a) Kanzo.
(b) Konza.
(c) Kenzo.
(d) Kinza.

4. ____________________ when she agrees to return to her family land in Jean Rabel to give a feast for the family spirits.
(a) Her sight is restored.
(b) Her voice is restored.
(c) Her hearing is restored.
(d) Her health is restored.

5. Alourdes has been hired to do some healing work for a woman in Kingston, as well as for Mabel's son. In Kingston, they meet _______________ who is devoutly attached to her Bible.
(a) Aunt Emily.
(b) Aunt Edna.
(c) Aunt Emma.
(d) Aunt Erin.

6. He represents the idea that Haitians must connect to what, while shedding their skin and recreating themselves as needed?
(a) Their lost spiritual guides.
(b) Their lost culture.
(c) Their lost African roots.
(d) Their lost family members.

7. When Karen decides to marry Papa Ogou, Alourdes tells her that she must also marry Papa Danbala. Why?
(a) For the sake of honor.
(b) So she may have two husbands.
(c) For the sake of balance.
(d) So he will not be lonely.

8. What does Alourdes ask Karen?
(a) If she would like to research initiation.
(b) If she would like to watch the ritual initiation.
(c) If she would like to sponsor those going to be initiated.
(d) If she would like to undergo the ritual initiation as well.

9. This chapter is a story about the life of Alourdes' ______________, Philomise.
(a) Brother.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Mother.
(d) Sister.

10. Maggie is hospitalized with what?
(a) Cancer.
(b) A tumor.
(c) Migraines.
(d) A mystery illness.

11. The spirit Papa Danbala is very _________, so when he "mounts" his horse, or manbo, in the possession-performance, he utters sounds only and does not speak.
(a) Afraid.
(b) Old.
(c) Young.
(d) Feeble.

12. This chapter opens with Alourdes, Karen and a Jamaican woman named Mabel traveling to Jamaica and then onto Haiti in January of _________.
(a) 1985.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1990.

13. She is seen as the image of what?
(a) A piece of seaweed.
(b) A mermaid or a whale.
(c) A fish or snake.
(d) A turtle.

14. In this chapter, Alourdes, Maggie, Karen, Big Daddy and Maggie's children arrive at Karen's new ______________ apartment in Manhattan.
(a) West Village.
(b) TriBeCa.
(c) Chelsea.
(d) Lower East Side.

15. This spirit is never satisfied, always craving more ____________________.
(a) Children.
(b) Students.
(c) Men.
(d) Love, wealth and honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Philo discovers she is pregnant and does everything she can think of to miscarry, as another mouth to feed is the last thing she needs. The spirit __________________ comes to her in a dream and tells her to stop trying to kill her baby.

4. This chapter is about the female spirits who belong to the grouping known as ____________.

5. They are made to understand that they cannot reveal exactly what occurs in the initiation chamber; to do so is to cause what?

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