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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While standing on the porch, what does Mrs. Smith demand from Captain Concasseur?
(a) His police badge.
(b) His revolver.
(c) His car keys.
(d) The phone number of his superior.

2. When Brown and his ship friend return to the boat, why is the guard at the gangplank not threatening?
(a) They had bribed him with alcohol.
(b) They had knocked him unconscious.
(c) They had threatened him with a pistol.
(d) They had shot and killed him.

3. How do the policemen retaliate for the attack on the police station?
(a) Set fire to three houses along the wharf.
(b) Kill two men from the prison.
(c) Re-impose the curfew.
(d) Set fire to several businesses.

4. What is Jones's opinion about swindling the educated people?
(a) It is too difficult to risk.
(b) It only works if you are very lucky.
(c) The educated are too suspicious.
(d) It is always easier.

5. Why do Brown and Jones sleep in the cemetery until daybreak?
(a) There is no other shelter from the rain.
(b) Brown wants to be as far from the road as possible.
(c) The area is heavily populated and there is nowhere else to hide.
(d) Haitians think only zombies are abroad at night, and they won't go there.

6. How does Brown act toward the end of the Voodoo ceremony?
(a) He sits in the car and drinks whisky.
(b) He cautiously joins in the dance.
(c) He becomes irritated and drags Joseph away.
(d) He wholeheartedly joins in the dance.

7. Mrs. Smith is proud of the American ballot that shows her husband's name as a presidential candidate. What is Brown's perception of voting in Haiti?
(a) Only votes that agree with the Tonton Macoute will count.
(b) A person is safer staying home.
(c) The effort is not worth the outcome.
(d) Every vote is important.

8. Where is Jones forced to hide when Haitian police officers enter the ship?
(a) Under the kitchen table.
(b) Under an empty bed.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) In the ship's hold.

9. According to the new Secretary for Social Welfare, why did Doctor Philipot not have a funeral?
(a) He had requested cremation.
(b) His coffin was filled with bricks.
(c) His widow did not want a funeral.
(d) In accordance with Voodoo tradition, there was no burial ceremony.

10. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Smith decide not to build the vegetarian center?
(a) There are too many bureaucratic hoops to jump through.
(b) The Minister has no intention of helping them.
(c) They are weary of fighting the Haitian way of thinking.
(d) It would take too many years to finish.

11. To leave the ship, Jones dresses up as a woman. What does he wear?
(a) The clothes of a Spanish dancer and a Dutch peasant.
(b) The dress of a girl from Mere Catherine's house.
(c) A purple dress forgotten by a previous traveler.
(d) The mantilla of a flamenco dancer.

12. When Tonton Macoutes show up at Brown's hotel, what does Captain Concasseur do to Brown?
(a) Holds him at gunpoint on the porch.
(b) Robs him of the money he had hidden in his office.
(c) Handcuffs him to the porch railing.
(d) Interrogates him thoroughly.

13. Why is Jones proud of his expansive liquor traveling case?
(a) It was his mother's last gift to him.
(b) It was given to him in his father's will.
(c) He worked six months to be able to afford it.
(d) He won it on a bet with some soldiers in Burma.

14. When Brown hears footsteps outside his hotel, what weapon does he grab?
(a) A fire iron.
(b) A decorative sword.
(c) The coffin paperweight.
(d) A pistol.

15. As Jones is escaping from Port-au-Prince, why are he and Brown two hours late for their rendezvous?
(a) The car broke down and they had to walk.
(b) Brown was in no hurry to get there.
(c) They left Port au Prince late.
(d) Jones drank too much whisky and fell asleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Brown describe the new Secretary for Social Welfare?

3. The day before Brown and Jones leave, why does Captain Concasseur visit Brown at his hotel?

4. Before beginning work on the vegetarian center, what does the Secretary for Social Welfare want from Mr. Smith?

5. The night before Brown and Jones leave, what does Brown do?

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