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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What day do Brown and Jones leave town?
(a) Monday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Sunday.

3. When Martha comes to visit Brown at his hotel, what alters their plans to go upstairs?
(a) Angel's sudden turn for the worse.
(b) Joseph wandering the hotel because he cannot sleep.
(c) Her husband's demand to return home soon.
(d) The Smiths sitting on the porch.

4. In Chapter 1 of Part 2, when Brown takes Mr. Smith to the post office, what happens?
(a) Mr. Smith get in an argument with a one-legged man.
(b) Mr. Smith exits by the wrong door and is lost.
(c) They are questioned about their errand by a Tonton Macoute.
(d) Mr. Smith is mobbed by five beggars.

5. Why does the Secretary for Social Welfare suggest that Duvalierville is a good place for the Smiths' vegetarian center?
(a) The government has already been preparing the town for tourism.
(b) He thinks it would revive the tourism trade.
(c) The land is poor and he doesn't know what else to do with it.
(d) There is no other land available.

6. The day before Brown and Jones leave, why does Captain Concasseur visit Brown at his hotel?
(a) To threaten him if he exceeds his one-day pass.
(b) To intimidate him into not going.
(c) To tell him that Tonton Macoutes will check him at every roadblock.
(d) To give him false information, hoping to lure him into a trap.

7. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3, as the Smiths are being driven to the airport, what does Mr. Smith do?
(a) Bribes the Tonton Macoute driver to bypass the roadblock.
(b) Thanks Brown profusely for being a good host.
(c) Gives Joseph a large tip for the service he's provided.
(d) Scatters money to the beggars at the post office.

8. When Mrs. Smith appears on the porch, what is she wearing?
(a) A green pantsuit and sneakers.
(b) An old-fashioned nightgown and rollers in her hair.
(c) A fancy dress and tortoise-shell comb.
(d) A sundress and sandals.

9. How does Brown describe the new Secretary for Social Welfare?
(a) As the caricatured devil.
(b) As a large bus driven by a child.
(c) As a flower under the heel of a Tonton Macoute.
(d) As a cemetery with gravestone-like teeth.

10. As Luigi the Italian is gambling, why he is depressed?
(a) He has no money left for alcohol.
(b) The casino is losing all its money.
(c) Brown is winning more money than he is.
(d) He is losing large amounts of money.

11. When Brown visits Jones at his rented villa for the first time, what is on the table?
(a) Blueprints and trial budgets.
(b) Maps of the local area.
(c) A pack of scattered cards.
(d) Four empty wine bottles.

12. What revelation does Jones give Brown about his love life?
(a) He has only slept with women he's paid.
(b) He has only slept with low-class woman.
(c) He is deeply in love with Martha.
(d) He has been married four times.

13. What has Jones never seen before?
(a) A man die.
(b) The northern border.
(c) A man shot in the stomach.
(d) A ruined graveyard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jones's opinion about swindling the educated people?

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

3. What does Jones forget at the hotel when he and Brown flee?

4. When Jones's business is successful, what does he want to construct?

5. When Brown and his ship friend return to the boat, why is the guard at the gangplank not threatening?

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