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

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

3. For the first time during Chapter 1 of Part 2, Martha mentions her father. Why is he disgraced in Brown's eyes?
(a) He was a spy.
(b) He was a Tonton Macoute.
(c) He was a Nazi guard.
(d) He was a blacksmith.

4. Why does Captain Concasseur order the Tonton Macoutes to hit and kick Brown?
(a) Because the captain wanted to see Brown at his feet.
(b) They intended to beat him like they had beaten Joseph.
(c) Because they are sadistic.
(d) So that they can say he was resisting arrest.

5. 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) His coffin was filled with bricks.
(d) In accordance with Voodoo tradition, there was no burial ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is it safe for Brown to leave the cemetery, but not Jones?

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

5. To leave the ship, Jones dresses up as a woman. What does he wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Tonton Macoutes' visit to Brown at six o'clock in the morning? Do they expect to find anyone?

2. The night before he takes Jones out of Port-au-Prince, Brown wanders through his empty hotel. What does it reveal to the reader about Brown's personality? What is the effect of this scene?

3. When Brown's car breaks down on the road, he and Jones take refuge in a cemetery until the morning. How does this fit their time in Haiti? How does it portend what is to come?

4. 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?

5. While lying in bed in the Hotel Trianon, Martha notes to brown that their relationship is no longer an adventure. What are the signs of this change? What are their choices for the future?

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

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

9. 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?

10. The second time Brown visits the casino, the place is drastically changed from the night he met Martha. How is it different? What does this signal about Haiti's economy?

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