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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha's husband think about her affair with Brown?
(a) He has already filed for divorce.
(b) He probably knows but does not object.
(c) He has threatened to throw her out of the house.
(d) He does not suspect anything.

2. How long does Brown stay with Philipot?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) A week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Six hours.

3. From the beginning of their relationship, who makes great demands on Martha's time?
(a) Brown.
(b) Her husband, the ambassador.
(c) Her lover, a member of the Tontons Macoute.
(d) Angel.

4. Jones reveals his opinion about scruples. What is this opinion?
(a) Scruples are an excuse.
(b) Scruples have little effect on a man.
(c) Scruples cost a lot.
(d) Scruples are not meant to be followed.

5. Where did Brown attend school as a child?
(a) The School of the Immaculate Conception of Christ.
(b) The local public school.
(c) The Jesuit College of the Visitation.
(d) The Schools of the Virgin Mary.

6. Why does Angel want to meet Brown?
(a) Because Martha egged him on to meet Brown.
(b) Because he is jealous of Brown.
(c) Because he will ask him for chocolate biscuits.
(d) So he is not left out from the circle of his parents' friends.

7. Why is it said, in Part 1, Chapter 4, that Papa Doc sometimes watches the slow deaths of some of his victims?
(a) For medical interest.
(b) Out of revenge.
(c) Out of sadism.
(d) For self-punishment.

8. Before the bail is posted for Jones's release, what does Brown ask the Secretary of the Interior to do?
(a) Send a competent doctor to fix his wounds.
(b) Sign a waiver of confidentiality.
(c) Convert his American dollars to Haitian gourdes.
(d) Destroy all paperwork relating to his arrest.

9. At the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 2, what do Brown and Martha quarrel about?
(a) Angel's new school.
(b) Jones staying at the embassy.
(c) The ambassador's new dog.
(d) Their future.

10. As Brown realizes that morning at the end of the driveway, why do the Tontons Macoute wear sunglasses?
(a) Because the government tells them to.
(b) The sunglasses are a measure of their power.
(c) They want to intimidate people with their staring.
(d) Because if they show fear, it would be the end of terror in others.

11. Where do Brown and Martha rendezvous most often?
(a) By a statue of the president.
(b) By the American consulate.
(c) Under a bridge.
(d) By a statue of Columbus.

12. When Brown unexpectedly sees Philipot and Joseph emerge from the woods, what physical state is Joseph in?
(a) Lying dead on a stretcher.
(b) In pain with a shattered arm.
(c) Limping at the back of the line.
(d) Walking proudly at the head of the line.

13. As Doctor Magiot and Brown are talking, Petit Pierre arrives. Why does he come?
(a) To warn Brown.
(b) To spy on Brown.
(c) He wants news of Jones.
(d) He is suspicious of Doctor Magiot.

14. What is the name of the Tonton Macoute who begins speaking to Brown?
(a) Captain Concasseur.
(b) Petit Pierre.
(c) Captain Henderson.
(d) Tin Tin.

15. After staying at the Hotel Trianon for two days, what is Mrs. Smith's opinion about Joseph?
(a) He is a very pleasant man.
(b) He oversteps the boundaries of his servant role.
(c) He is a man of all trades.
(d) He is not competent for the jobs that needs doing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual progression of Brown's relationship with Martha?

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. When Mr. Smith and Brown unexpectedly meet again in Santo Domingo, what does Mr. Smith offer?

4. As Mr. Smith tells Brown in a conversation in Part 1, Chapter 1, why is he proud of his wife?

5. Along the border of the Dominican Republic, what does Brown feel?

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