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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Brown on the military base near Santo Domingo?
(a) To visit his mother's brother.
(b) To make a political connection.
(c) To apply for an exit visa.
(d) To apply for a catering job.

2. When the passengers aboard the Medea have a night of entertainment, what is the first event?
(a) A kitchen orchestra.
(b) A dance performance.
(c) A song performance.
(d) Three magic tricks.

3. 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?
(a) He becomes a zombie and haunts the living.
(b) He ceases to exist.
(c) He becomes a ghost and wanders the graveyard all night.
(d) He moves on to the afterlife if he has lived a worthy life.

4. What do the Tonton Macoutes do with the coffin?
(a) Bury it in a secret grave.
(b) Put it in the Cadillac trunk and tie it with rope.
(c) Heave it into the undergrowth.
(d) Push it off the edge of the cliff so it falls into the sea.

5. When Brown arrived for the first time at the Hotel Trianon in Haiti, who was with his mother?
(a) Brown's father.
(b) Her husband, the count.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Doctor Magiot.

6. What happens when Brown and Mr. Smith visit the Secretary of the Interior?
(a) They are able to see the Secretary immediately.
(b) They are ignored for nearly an hour.
(c) The Secretary pretends to be gone.
(d) They must take a number and wait in line for two hours.

7. Why does the captain want Brown to keep an eye on Jones?
(a) He thinks Jones is a gambler.
(b) Jones has not fully paid for his passage aboard the ship.
(c) Brown does not mind spying on someone.
(d) He thinks Jones is a murderer.

8. During the ship's night of entertainment, what does Mr. Baxter recite?
(a) A song from his childhood.
(b) A poem he wrote himself.
(c) A poem written by an unknown German.
(d) A poem written by a fellow soldier.

9. How did Marcel kill himself?
(a) Jumped out a second-story window into the empty pool.
(b) Drank two bottles of rum and contracted alcohol poisoning.
(c) Slit his wrists and throat.
(d) Hung himself in the countess's bedroom.

10. Why do Brown and Jones meet under embarrassing circumstances?
(a) Jones is bribing the steward to switch their cabins.
(b) The steward has given them the wrong cabins.
(c) Jones has taken some letter-writing paper without asking.
(d) They are wearing the same shirt.

11. On Brown's property, what does Dr. Philipot do?
(a) Verbally attacks Joseph.
(b) Cuts his wrists and throat in the pool.
(c) Shoots himself through the heart.
(d) Hangs himself.

12. What is the one meal Jones eats in jail?
(a) Beans.
(b) Mango.
(c) Thin soup.
(d) Brown bread.

13. What is the supposed reason for Jones's arrest when he attempts to pass through customs?
(a) He is carrying something incriminating.
(b) A gun is found in his luggage.
(c) His letter of introduction is written to the wrong person.
(d) He refuses to let the customs officers search his bags.

14. How does Jones feel about his jail cell?
(a) It is horrifying.
(b) He barely notices it.
(c) It is merely the next step in his journey.
(d) It is unremarkable.

15. Why did Brown give Marcel a large amount of British money?
(a) To buy his third of the hotel.
(b) To bribe him into leaving the hotel.
(c) To help him start life anew in the city.
(d) To ensure he would not talk about the countess.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens in the casino after Brown won a large amount of money?

3. When Brown steps off the ship, who fills the port?

4. Before Brown and Smith leave the jail, what does Jones want them to do?

5. When the countess rang the bell for Marcel to come to her room, what was he wearing?

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