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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. 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) Devil-worshipper as well.
(c) Vodou priestess.
(d) Vodou practitioner.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Maggie is hospitalized with what?

2. 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.

3. After losing this, she subsequently had a dream of what?

4. Second is called ____________, to transform suffering into power.

5. 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.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is learned about the choices made regarding the women in this culture?

2. What do the initiates have to do in the cemetery?

3. How has Alourdes been like Ezili?

4. What are Philo's plans for Alourdes, prior to her birth? How does this plan change?

5. What is one of the most important lessons learned about the practice of Vodou from reading this book? How is Karen's involvement in Mama Lola's story important to most readers of this book?

6. What do all the women in this family have in common?

7. How is the similarity described in number 45 significant?

8. Compare the focus on morality and sexuality in the Vodou culture as compared the many people in America? How do these differences affect many Americans' views of Vodou?

9. How is myth important in Alourdes' life of Vodou?

10. What is significant about Karen's marriage to Papa Danbala?

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