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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Brown and Doctor Magiot do with Philipot's body during the night?
(a) Lay it behind some bushes near an abandoned cottage.
(b) Prepare it for burial according to local Voodoo custom.
(c) Bury it at the edge of the neighbor's property.
(d) Dump it unceremoniously in a ditch.

2. When Brown returns to his hotel in Santo Domingo, what does he find on his pillow?
(a) A note from Martha.
(b) A letter from Joseph.
(c) A letter from Doctor Magiot.
(d) Money from Mr. Smith

3. Before Brown and Smith leave the jail, what does Jones want them to do?
(a) Arrange for better food to be brought to him.
(b) Promise to smuggle a knife in so he can escape.
(c) Say a prayer with him.
(d) Give $20 and a note to the sergeant at the door.

4. What is Martha's opinion of Jones's relation to her family?
(a) They will easily forget them.
(b) They do not like him.
(c) She thinks he is a bad influence on them, especially Angel.
(d) He merely makes them laugh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the embassy, Brown meets Doctor Philipot's nephew. Who is this man?

2. What is the news of Hamit (who had rented a room to Brown and Martha in the past)?

3. When Brown disembarks from the Medea, why is Martha sitting in the place she used to rendezvous with him?

4. What is the name of the ship on which Brown, Jones, and the Smiths are traveling?

5. In Mr. Smith's typed report for the people of Wisconsin, what is his tone?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 5, the small funeral entourage that drives to Petionville to bury Doctor Philipot is in a great hurry. Why is this? How does this tie in with the doctor's death?

2. What is the purpose of the night of entertainment aboard the ship, in Part 1, Chapter 1?

3. After Philipot's body is removed from the pool, Joseph cleans the pool so Mr. Smith can swim. Mr. Smith passes very close to where the body had crouched, and Brown cringes to think of the two scenarios. How is this, in a succinct fashion, an indication of the story?

4. When Brown reaches the hotel, Joseph answers his call timidly, and with a bowed head tells him the story of Doctor Philipot. What does this tell the reader about Joseph's character?

5. At the end of the book, Jones is given a military funeral with the rest of the guerrilla fighters who were killed. Is this honorable or simply ironic? How does it fit Jones's life?

6. In his mother's desk, Brown finds a disk which Doctor Magiot recognizes as a medal of the resistance. What does this reveal about his mother?

7. When Captain Concasseur returns to Haiti, his single goal is to catch Jones. How is this fitting to Jones's character? What about to the character of Haitian politics?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 2, how is Brown and Martha's relationship portrayed? What is the irony of their situation?

9. Petit Pierre is introduced at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 2. What purpose does his character play? How is he similar to Brown?

10. When Mr. Smith sees Philipot's body in the pool, he thinks he is a sleeping beggar. How does this thought reflect on Mr. Smith's character? What about the fact that he wants to take money to the man?

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