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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Night Talkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?
(a) Criticizing the houses.
(b) Seeing people in the streets.
(c) Getting home for a big dinner.
(d) Admiring the lights.

2. What quality does mistletoe have, according to Anne?
(a) Amorous.
(b) Reconciliatory.
(c) Prophetic.
(d) Divinatory.

3. Where is Anne’s husband’s barber shop?
(a) In an almost all-white community.
(b) In a big neighborhood of mixed races.
(c) In the middle of the Haitian community.
(d) In an African community.

4. Why does Eric chastise himself for his behavior toward his landlady?
(a) He says he acted like a manservant.
(b) He says that he was rude.
(c) He says he was unnecessarily brusque.
(d) He says that he acted like a child.

5. What happens when Nadine calls Eric back?
(a) He tells her not to call any more.
(b) His wife picks up.
(c) They talk briefly before he breaks off abruptly.
(d) His number has been changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Eric meeting his wife?

2. What aspect of the maid’s personality reminds Ka of her mother?

3. How much time has gone by since Nadine got the letter that she has not acted on?

4. Where does Dany get a sharp pain after walking for two hours?

5. What does Anne do when the car her family is in passes the cemetery?

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