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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom is Brown visiting the military base near Santo Domingo?
(a) Mr. Athencourt.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mr. Peterson.
(d) Mr. Wilson.

3. After many years of silence, Brown received a message from his mother. What did the message say?
(a) She was slowly dying.
(b) She would like to see him if he ever came to Haiti.
(c) She had bought some property that she would like him to see.
(d) She was traveling to England and would like to see him.

4. Who is Mr. Baxter?
(a) Mrs. Smith's brother.
(b) The pharmaceutical traveler.
(c) The purser.
(d) The captain.

5. Why do Jones and Brown go back to the Medea?
(a) Jones wants to ask advice from the captain.
(b) Jones wants to travel to the United States.
(c) Brown does not know what else to do with Jones.
(d) The ship is the only place they can safely hide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jones's opinion about swindling the educated people?

2. 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?

3. At the police station, when Brown and Smith go to visit Jones, what does the Tonton Macoute guard do?

4. For the first time during Chapter 1 of Part 2, Martha mentions her father. Why is he disgraced in Brown's eyes?

5. Jones finally tells Brown how he got the traveling cocktail case. What is the truth?

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