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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Joseph Binbin Mauvant?
(a) Mama Lola's great grandfather.
(b) Mama Lola's grandfather.
(c) Mama Lola's brother.
(d) Mama Lola's father.

2. Before long, Macena discovers her whereabouts and does what?
(a) Ignores her.
(b) Comes to live with her.
(c) Kicks her out of her new home.
(d) Robs her.

3. The journey into rural Haiti is ____________ one.
(a) An exciting.
(b) A grueling.
(c) A strange.
(d) An easy.

4. The day arrives when a ________ (an evil spirit, in this case, a two legged horse which stands straight like a man) visits Madame Fouchard in the middle of the night.
(a) Baka.
(b) Maka.
(c) Laka.
(d) Raka.

5. What should Karen take?
(a) A walk through a cemetery.
(b) The initiation rite.
(c) First Communion.
(d) A course in Vodou.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Alourdes and Maggie feel about the idea of having to deal with the American police?

2. Sina is strong and has saved money from what?

3. There are _______ different subdivisions of Ogou.

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

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. What do most Americans think of "voodoo?"

2. Describe Vodou rituals and ceremonies as a whole. Give an example from this chapter that supports this.

3. How is the legend of Joseph Binbin Mauvant important?

4. How are vodou ideals understood? Give an example from the text that supports this. How might a modern-day American reader feel about this?

5. Why is a manbo especially important in Haiti during the present time?

6. How is the character Jepete important?

7. How is Marie Claire significant?

8. What is the connection between one's power and the will of the spirits in the world of Vodou?

9. What all-important concept is discussed in this chapter? Give an example.

10. How do you feel about Karen marrying Ogou? How does this marriage change the path of Karen's life? What does this also teach her?

(see the answer keys)

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