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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Brown enter a casino at a young age?
(a) By sneaking through the back door.
(b) By bribing the guard at the front door.
(c) By masquerading as a woman's date.
(d) By stealing a passport and bluffing.

2. As Brown realizes that morning at the end of the driveway, why do the Tontons Macoute wear sunglasses?
(a) Because if they show fear, it would be the end of terror in others.
(b) The sunglasses are a measure of their power.
(c) They want to intimidate people with their staring.
(d) Because the government tells them to.

3. How did Marcel kill himself?
(a) Jumped out a second-story window into the empty pool.
(b) Drank two bottles of rum and contracted alcohol poisoning.
(c) Hung himself in the countess's bedroom.
(d) Slit his wrists and throat.

4. At the casino with Luigi, whom does Brown see from the ship?
(a) The captain.
(b) The purser.
(c) Mr. Baxter.
(d) The man with the tin hat.

5. As the hearse is stranded in the road, what does Madame Philipot promise to buy for her son?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) A lollipop.
(c) Vanilla ice cream.
(d) Chocolate cookies.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 5, Brown and Joseph discuss what might happen with Doctor Philipot's soul. What is the Voodoo belief about a dead man?

2. After many years of silence, Brown received a message from his mother. What did the message say?

3. What was striking about the countess's hair?

4. What do Brown and Philipot's nephew discuss with the ambassador?

5. Where did Brown and Martha first meet each other?

(see the answer key)

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