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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Papa Gede live?
(a) In the sky.
(b) In the water.
(c) In the church.
(d) In the cemetery.

2. At the end of the blessing, Alourdes mentions to Karen that Maggie is going to __________ (undergo the ritual initiation into Vodou) in July.
(a) 'Kitche.'
(b) 'Kache.'
(c) 'Kouche.'
(d) 'Koche.'

3. Back to the present time in the hospital, Maggie is undergoing a procedure where what must be dislodged?
(a) The tube in her stomach into which her fluids are draining.
(b) A growth.
(c) The tumor.
(d) The cancer.

4. How do they know this illness is a sure sign of illness caused by the spirits?
(a) It is something the doctors are unable to properly diagnose or cure.
(b) It continues to get worse with medical care.
(c) It has come upon her suddenly.
(d) It is a rare illness.

5. We learn that the main focus of Alourdes' healing energy is directed at what?
(a) The deeper issues that are uncovered during the course of her treatment.
(b) Her family.
(c) The people who live on this land.
(d) The spirits on the land.

6. Alourdes tells the story of a potential client who is a member of a devil-worship group, and she explains that she is a ______________.
(a) Christian.
(b) Vodou practitioner.
(c) Vodou priestess.
(d) Devil-worshipper as well.

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

8. ______________ is the mother, the one who bears the children.
(a) Ezili Danto.
(b) Ezili Freda.
(c) Ezili Asrial.
(d) Ezili Lasyrenn.

9. They are made to understand that they cannot reveal exactly what occurs in the initiation chamber; to do so is to cause what?
(a) The end of Vodou.
(b) Your own death.
(c) Destruction of the family.
(d) The separation of the initiate from the spirits.

10. The spirit, __________, comes to her in a dream.
(a) Auge.
(b) Ago.
(c) Ague.
(d) Ageou.

11. Alourdes remembers whose birth?
(a) The spirits'.
(b) Karen's.
(c) Maggie's.
(d) Her own.

12. First, upon arrival in Haiti, the group visits _______________ where a ritual cleansing is performed.
(a) The home.
(b) The church.
(c) The cemetery.
(d) The hall.

13. It is explained to these four that after the initiation, Alourdes will be what?
(a) Their Vodou leader.
(b) Their Vodou spirit.
(c) Their Vodou sister.
(d) Their Vodou mother.

14. In July of 1981, they travel to Haiti and meet up with a Haitian woman named ____________ who will undergo the initiation as well.
(a) Maddie.
(b) Miracle.
(c) Mimose.
(d) May.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a person who catches a glimpse of her beneath the water that reaches out to touch her?

2. Alourdes and Maggie have the responsibility of keeping the women of this line, Sina, Philo and beyond, as well as the family spirits, alive with what?

3. What does this spirit tell her?

4. Clement Rapelle, a Haitian man, dreams about a woman named Philomise who lives in a compound called _____________________.

5. What does this spirit love?

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