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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens in the casino after Brown won a large amount of money?
(a) He forgot to cash in his chips for money.
(b) He lost his virginity to an older woman.
(c) He walked home and hid the money under his mattress.
(d) He got drunk and passed out in his hotel room.

2. Where does Brown get his information about the curfew in Haiti?
(a) From an American newspaper.
(b) From a public posting in the shipping dock.
(c) From a Haitian newspaper.
(d) From Joseph.

3. What is the usual progression of Brown's relationship with Martha?
(a) They make love and then quarrel.
(b) They quarrel and then make love.
(c) They quarrel and he leaves.
(d) They make love and he leaves in silence.

4. Why does Doctor Magiot visit Brown one night?
(a) He misses Brown's mother.
(b) He wants to intimidate him.
(c) He gets lonely after the sun sets.
(d) He is hungry.

5. While going through his mother's desk after she dies, what did Brown find in the piggy bank?
(a) A casino token and a medal from the resistance movement.
(b) A folded picture of a man whom Brown does not recognize.
(c) Outdated currency from the previous government.
(d) A few pounds of English money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moment, as Brown remembers the past, makes him feel that his business was finally a success?

2. How does Brown perceive his relationship to Martha, primarily?

3. How does Doctor Magiot know Philipot?

4. When Brown arrived for the first time at the Hotel Trianon in Haiti, who was with his mother?

5. In school, what play was Brown forced to participate in, speaking in a French translation of the original play?

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