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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. Why did Brown give Marcel a large amount of British money?
(a) To ensure he would not talk about the countess.
(b) To buy his third of the hotel.
(c) To bribe him into leaving the hotel.
(d) To help him start life anew in the city.

2. What do the Tonton Macoutes do with the coffin?
(a) Heave it into the undergrowth.
(b) Push it off the edge of the cliff so it falls into the sea.
(c) Put it in the Cadillac trunk and tie it with rope.
(d) Bury it in a secret grave.

3. 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?
(a) He becomes a ghost and wanders the graveyard all night.
(b) He ceases to exist.
(c) He becomes a zombie and haunts the living.
(d) He moves on to the afterlife if he has lived a worthy life.

4. Brown speaks briefly with the prostitute whom Jones had chosen. Why does the girl like Jones?
(a) He is good in bed.
(b) He protects her from the Tonton Macoutes.
(c) He makes her laugh.
(d) He buys her drinks.

5. How much Latin does Brown remember from his early education?
(a) Only one line.
(b) Only Virgil's poetry.
(c) Everything he reads.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jones appears at the brothel the same night that Brown talks with the Tonton Macoute. How is he treated?

2. As Brown realizes that morning at the end of the driveway, why do the Tontons Macoute wear sunglasses?

3. Because Mere Catherine has no Coca-Cola, what does she give Brown to drink with his rum?

4. How did Brown enter a casino at a young age?

5. Where did Brown attend school as a child?

(see the answer key)

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