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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. Rapelle is told in the dream that she will be able to do what?
(a) Help him find his son.
(b) Protect his son.
(c) Help to cure his ailing son.
(d) Give him a son.

2. According to the Vodou philosophy, the world is a precarious place, and it is naïve to think what?
(a) That one can navigate their life without the labor required to usher in good luck and stave off bad luck.
(b) That one can navigate their life without family.
(c) That one can navigate their life without money.
(d) That one can navigate their life without God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. First, upon arrival in Haiti, the group visits _______________ where a ritual cleansing is performed.

3. What will they be forever?

4. When he finds her, she repeatedly refuses service to him. Why?

5. Where does Papa Gede live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Aunt Emma represent? Why is this important?

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

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

4. What is the purpose of the Ezili spirits?

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

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

7. What is Alourdes' main role in Vodou? Describe her actions in this role. Why does she act this way?

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

9. Who is important in this chapter? Why is she important in comparison to Alourdes?

10. What does this chapter reiterate about the responsibility of serving the spirits?

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