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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What moment, as Brown remembers the past, makes him feel that his business was finally a success?
(a) His guest registry was full for nearly three months running.
(b) A young couple promised to vacation there every year.
(c) Tourists in the neighboring cities heard about him.
(d) A girl was making love in the pool in the middle of the night.

2. Sitting by the pool on his first night home, what does Brown remember?
(a) The smell of Martha's perfume.
(b) The sounds of the busy tourist season.
(c) His conversation with Mrs. Smith.
(d) Joseph's list of things that have gone wrong in his absence.

3. When the countess rang the bell for Marcel to come to her room, what was he wearing?
(a) A shirt he had found in Brown's luggage.
(b) Black pants and shirt, in preparation for mourning.
(c) Only his underwear.
(d) Pajamas with both their initials monogrammed on the shirt.

4. Brown's pass is good only for one day, but this is not a problem. Why?
(a) No one will care if he is gone later.
(b) He won't need to show it to anyone.
(c) He can bribe the Tontons Macoute to let him be gone longer.
(d) Few policemen can read.

5. Why does Joseph limp?
(a) He was wounded in the war.
(b) He had a childhood disease that crippled him.
(c) A jeep had run over his foot.
(d) The Tonton Macoutes beat him up.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the ship's night of entertainment, what does Mr. Baxter recite?

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

3. Mr. Smith has a letter of introduction to what person in Haiti?

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

5. As Doctor Magiot and Brown are talking, Petit Pierre arrives. Why does he come?

(see the answer key)

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