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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Martha in Santo Domingo?
(a) She has left her husband and taken Angel.
(b) Her husband has been transferred to Santo Domingo.
(c) She is looking for Brown.
(d) Her husband has been transferred to Lima.

2. How often to Brown and Martha talk or argue about Angel?
(a) Almost never.
(b) Constantly.
(c) Fairly often.
(d) Half the time.

3. What is Brown's plan to get through the road-blocks with Jones?
(a) Hide Jones in the trunk of the car.
(b) Drive during a storm.
(c) Dress Jones up as a woman again.
(d) Bribe the Tontons Macoute.

4. Mrs. Smith is proud of the American ballot that shows her husband's name as a presidential candidate. What is Brown's perception of voting in Haiti?
(a) Only votes that agree with the Tonton Macoute will count.
(b) A person is safer staying home.
(c) Every vote is important.
(d) The effort is not worth the outcome.

5. When Mr. Smith and Brown unexpectedly meet again in Santo Domingo, what does Mr. Smith offer?
(a) To buy Brown's hotel with American dollars.
(b) To draw up a mortgage for Brown's hotel.
(c) To help Brown escape to the United States.
(d) To find Brown a catering job.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Martha explain Brown's view of the world?

2. What does Jones name the ambassador's new dog?

3. Though this occurs before the story starts, why did Brown fly to New York?

4. How does Jones feel about his jail cell?

5. Why is it said, in Part 1, Chapter 4, that Papa Doc sometimes watches the slow deaths of some of his victims?

(see the answer key)

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