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

2. Why has Eric stayed on in this cheap basement apartment?
(a) To save money for his wife.
(b) To save money for school
(c) To save money for a baby.
(d) To save money to buy a house.

3. Why does Ka’s father say that he does not deserve to have a statue?
(a) Because he was not a prisoner but a prison guard.
(b) Because he should have a monument to his sins.
(c) Because his daughter has turned him into something he never was.
(d) Because the troubles in Haiti should be forgotten.

4. What does Nadine do instead of calling her parents?
(a) Weep.
(b) Read a book.
(c) Go out for groceries.
(d) Watch tv.

5. Why does Claude say he is lucky?
(a) He might have been killed in prison in Port-au-Prince.
(b) He was close to dying in a house fire years ago.
(c) He should have been punished much more harshly than he was.
(d) He should have been killed for his crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Eric’s declarations of love to his wife after she comes home with him?

2. How does Claude describe integrating back into his people’s community?

3. Why does Eric chastise himself for his behavior toward his landlady?

4. Why does the narrator says that Claude is luckier than most?

5. How old was Ka when she started studying art?

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