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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What makes Jones sad about dressing as a woman?
(a) Having to wear lipstick.
(b) Shame at not looking like a man, as usual.
(c) Shaving off his moustache.
(d) Not knowing how to manage his skirts.

6. What does the priest do with the bodies which the dancers bring to him?
(a) Burns tiny pieces of their burial shrouds.
(b) Chants over them.
(c) Holds their arms into the fire.
(d) Holds their feet into the fire.

7. Why is it safe for Brown to leave the cemetery, but not Jones?
(a) Being a white man, he blends into the general populace.
(b) His one-day pass is still valid.
(c) He has an alibi with the smashed car.
(d) People recognize him in that area.

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

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

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

11. In Chapter One, what is distinctive about Jones's driver, the man who ruined Joseph?
(a) His long facial scar.
(b) His harsh laugh.
(c) His severe limp.
(d) His gold teeth.

12. After visiting Duvalierville, what does Mr. Smith think about the vegetarian center?
(a) He will need much more money than he had anticipated.
(b) The project is hopeless and he will leave the country right away.
(c) Perhaps he should not pursue the project.
(d) He should begin building immediately.

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

14. When Brown asks the ambassador to allow Jones to stay in his house, what is the ambassador's reaction?
(a) Scorn.
(b) Fear.
(c) Hesitation.
(d) Relief.

15. At the beginning of Chapter Two, why does Joseph ask Brown to attend a Voodoo ceremony?
(a) He is afraid to go out at night alone.
(b) He wants to show off his native culture to a white man.
(c) He thinks Brown will be interested.
(d) He needs a ride.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Brown and young Philipot converse near the hotel pool, what does Philipot reveal that he is obsessed with?

2. Lying on the ground next to his pool, Brown thinks that he and Martha are more intimate than ever before. Why is this?

3. What has Jones never seen before?

4. Why do Jones and Brown go back to the Medea?

5. For the first time during Chapter 1 of Part 2, Martha mentions her father. Why is he disgraced in Brown's eyes?

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