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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. When Martha comes to visit the afternoon after the Tonton Macoutes come, what do she and Brown do for the first time?
(a) Sleep in his bed.
(b) Quarrel about Angel.
(c) Make love outside.
(d) Quarrel about her husband.

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

3. 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.

4. As Brown and Martha lie outside in the grass, what does Brown realize about the character of their relationship?
(a) They were not destined to stay together.
(b) He loved her more than ever before.
(c) Neither of them would love enough to die for the beloved.
(d) They belonged to the world of tragedy rather than that of comedy.

5. Before beginning work on the vegetarian center, what does the Secretary for Social Welfare want from Mr. Smith?
(a) A letter of authorization from his superior.
(b) A cash deposit in dollars.
(c) A signed guarantee of payment.
(d) Complete architectural and landscape plans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps Brown awake during the all-night voodoo ceremony?

2. Why do Mr. and Mrs. Smith decide not to build the vegetarian center?

3. When Martha tells Brown that she is sleeping with Jones, what is the worst part of that statement?

4. Why is Martha sad to see Jones leave?

5. How does the new Secretary for Social Welfare cast suspicion on Doctor Philipot's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of saying Doctor Philipot's coffin is filled with bricks?

2. Why do the Smiths change their minds about opening a vegetarian center? How does the Secretary for Social Welfare misunderstand Mr. Smith?

3. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 1, Brown comes to a realization about himself. What is this realization? How does it change the reader's understanding of him? How does it fit with his wandering to the casino and then to the Medea, talking with the purser?

4. According to Doctor Magiot in Part 2, Chapter 1, what role does Voodoo play in Haitian culture? What is its relation to Catholicism?

5. From even their first meeting, Brown hesitates to address Jones as "Major Jones." How does this begin to explain Jones's character? How does it prepare the reader for the revelation that Jones has never even seen a man die?

6. As the two men wait out the night in the cemetery, Jones tells Brown the truth about his life. Is this a fitting time for his confession? Why would he confess to Brown instead of anyone else?

7. When just before leaving Haiti, Mr. Smith scatters money in front of the post office, what does he show about himself? Has he changed since he first came to the country?

8. When Mr. Smith, Brown, and the Secretary for Social Welfare survey Duvalierville with the purpose of building a vegetarian center, the only person they see is a justice of the peace. What is the irony of this man?

9. When Brown picks up Jones at the British embassy to smuggle him out of the city, how has Jones's attitude changed? What motivates this?

10. In order to leave the Medea to travel to the British embassy, Jones dresses as a woman. What is the effect of this costume? How does it reflect on Jones?

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