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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Emma.
(b) Aunt Emily.
(c) Aunt Edna.
(d) Aunt Erin.

2. 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.
(a) Lady of the Snows.
(b) Lady of the Sea.
(c) Lady of Guadeloupe.
(d) Lady of Lourdes.

3. There are ___________ levels of initiation into Vodou.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. This mothering spirit is tough and strict and sometimes very ____________.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Violent.
(c) Slow.
(d) Cold.

5. Danbala operates from the territory of ______________, asking questions.
(a) Intellect.
(b) Blood and memory.
(c) Learning.
(d) Questioning.

6. _________________ is a white woman.
(a) Ezili Lasyrenn.
(b) Ezili Freda.
(c) Ezili Asrial.
(d) Ezili Danto.

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

8. We learn in this chapter that Maggie is almost more like a ______________ to Alourdes, someone upon who she relies heavily in her work as a manbo.
(a) Cousin.
(b) Sister.
(c) Stranger.
(d) Friend.

9. Gede's domination of the realm of death is reflective of a time when males held the power in Haitian families, and this is not the case any longer. In consequence, and in showing how flexible and ever-evolving the culture of Vodou is, a strong female version of Gede is slowly emerging, whose name is _____________.
(a) Gedelia.
(b) Gedenia.
(c) Gerte.
(d) Geda.

10. This spirit goes absolutely wildly out of control at the sight of ______________.
(a) Blood.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Children.
(d) Food.

11. Clement Rapelle, a Haitian man, dreams about a woman named Philomise who lives in a compound called _____________________.
(a) Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) Seventh Heaven.
(c) Seven Pennies from Heaven.
(d) Seven Stabs of the Knife.

12. It is noted that what was removed at the same time?
(a) Her ovaries.
(b) The fetus of a partially formed twin sister.
(c) The fetus of a partially formed twin brother.
(d) Her uterus.

13. Alourdes calls who to help her daughter?
(a) The spirits.
(b) Her ancestors.
(c) Her family.
(d) Karen.

14. Why must this be dislodged?
(a) It is growing larger.
(b) It is pressing on her brain stem.
(c) It is blocking a major artery.
(d) It has become imbedded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they come to her apartment?

2. The spirit, __________, comes to her in a dream.

3. What will they be forever?

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

5. Philo catches the black fever plaguing Haiti. During her recovery, Ageou visits Philo in a dream and tells her what?

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