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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. What does the spirit do to Philo?
(a) He makes her mute.
(b) He makes her go blind.
(c) He makes her deaf.
(d) He makes her ill.

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

3. All four successfully survive the initiation. The story jumps to some years later in Alourdes' Brooklyn basement where the three surviving siblings of the initiation are doing what?
(a) Missing Mimose, who is killed in the spring of 1987.
(b) Missing May, who is killed in the spring of 1987.
(c) Missing Maggie, who is killed in the spring of 1987.
(d) Missing Miracle, who is killed in the spring of 1987.

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

5. Philo catches the black fever plaguing Haiti. During her recovery, Ageou visits Philo in a dream and tells her what?
(a) How to cure Clement Rapelle's son.
(b) How to protect Clement Rapelle's son.
(c) How to find Clement Rapelle's son.
(d) How to give Clement Rapelle a son.

Short Answer Questions

1. The prefix of the word Danbala is Da, meaning ___________.

2. Alourdes calls who to help her daughter?

3. In this chapter, Alourdes, Maggie, Karen, Big Daddy and Maggie's children arrive at Karen's new ______________ apartment in Manhattan.

4. She was born by cesarean section weighing a record ______ pounds.

5. The first is a _____________ in order to dislodge the spirits in one's head.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the initiates do the answer to number 55 in the cemetery?

2. How do each of the four initiates handle the initiation rites? Who handles it the best?

3. What is one of the best stories in this chapter? Why?

4. What story takes place regarding Alourdes in the previous chapter? How is this related to this chapter?

5. What is Alourdes' response regarding Catholic priests? What does this reveal about Haitians?

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

7. How does Philo feel about Alourdes? Why might she feel this way?

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

9. 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?

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

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