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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Though this occurs before the story starts, why did Brown fly to New York?
(a) To escape Martha's demands.
(b) To start life over after his mother's death.
(c) To find someone to manage his hotel.
(d) To find someone to buy his hotel.

3. What is Brown's idea to help Jones escape?
(a) Send him to fight with Philipot.
(b) Smuggle him past the Tontons Macoute into the forest.
(c) Drive him across the border.
(d) Get him an exit-visa through the Venezuelan embassy.

4. At the police station, when Brown and Smith go to visit Jones, what does the Tonton Macoute guard do?
(a) He stares at them through his dark sunglasses.
(b) He makes them wait four hours before going to Jones' cell.
(c) He demands another $200.
(d) He threatens to have them thrown out.

5. For the first time during Chapter 1 of Part 2, Martha mentions her father. Why is he disgraced in Brown's eyes?
(a) He was a blacksmith.
(b) He was a Nazi guard.
(c) He was a Tonton Macoute.
(d) He was a spy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Brown think of Mr. Smith even before he knows his name?

2. When Martha comes to visit the afternoon after the Tonton Macoutes come, what do she and Brown do for the first time?

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

4. Why does the Secretary for Social Welfare suggest that Duvalierville is a good place for the Smiths' vegetarian center?

5. When Brown, Smith, and the Secretary for Social Welfare arrive at Duvalierville, who is the only person in sight?

(see the answer key)

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