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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brown perceive his relationship to Martha, primarily?
(a) As co-conspirators rather than lovers.
(b) As mere amusement in his boring life.
(c) As the most important part of his life.
(d) As star-crossed lovers.

2. Four Tonton Macoutes arrive at the foot of Brown's driveway in a Cadillac. What does the leader do after drawing his gun?
(a) Waves it in the faces of the people around him.
(b) Threatens Madame Philipot.
(c) Smashes the windows of the hearse.
(d) Fires several shots into the trees.

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

4. When Mr. Smith and Brown unexpectedly meet again in Santo Domingo, what does Mr. Smith offer?
(a) To find Brown a catering job.
(b) To buy Brown's hotel with American dollars.
(c) To draw up a mortgage for Brown's hotel.
(d) To help Brown escape to the United States.

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

6. 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) For self-punishment.
(d) Out of sadism.

7. In a late-night conversation, Brown and Jones talk about their official jobs titles, which are vague. What does this tell the reader about their relationship?
(a) They reveal details only when they know each other better.
(b) They speak the truth only when it is proven that the other one will not betray.
(c) They are not honest with each other or the Haitians.
(d) They prefer to play games with the truth.

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

9. In Part 1, Chapter 4, the charge explains what happened to his cook one night when he was supposed to be throwing a party. What happened?
(a) The cook was captured and tortured all weekend.
(b) The cook was thrown in jail overnight.
(c) The cook ran away the afternoon before.
(d) The cook refused to cook for those guests.

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

11. The bedrooms in the brothel are arranged in a long, low row. What is the name given to this arrangement of rooms?
(a) The stable.
(b) The barn.
(c) The row.
(d) The cluster.

12. Why, according to Philipot, did Jones die?
(a) He sacrificed himself to try save Philipot.
(b) He had an asthma attack.
(c) His flat feet gave out.
(d) He was shot near the heart.

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

14. When Brown disembarks from the Medea, why is Martha sitting in the place she used to rendezvous with him?
(a) She was meeting another man.
(b) She missed him.
(c) Her car had broken down.
(d) She had nowhere else to go.

15. What does Petit Pierre bring to Brown early in the morning, the first day after he arrives home?
(a) A newspaper with a gossip column that includes the Smiths.
(b) An order for an eviction of the premises.
(c) Brown's weekly supply of oranges.
(d) A bottle of rum, as an apology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Brown and Jones meet under embarrassing circumstances?

2. After the war, how did Brown feed himself?

3. Why does Jones hurry Brown and Smith out of his cell?

4. Where does Brown get his information about the curfew in Haiti?

5. On Brown's property, what does Dr. Philipot do?

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