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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. When did Estina lose her eyesight?
(a) At birth.
(b) The night Dany’s parents were killed.
(c) In a protest in Port-au-Prince.
(d) In an attack by macoutes.

2. What does Eric notices his wife does at 5:11 p.m. while they are out in Brooklyn?
(a) Look for someone in a crowd.
(b) Take his hand.
(c) Check her phone.
(d) Say she wants to go home.

3. What are Nadine’s parents delighted to report having seen outside their house?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A frangipani flower.
(c) A lizard.
(d) A hummingbird.

4. Where does Nadine live?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Off Prospect Park.
(c) Canarsie.
(d) Far Rockaway.

5. What does the next letter Nadine receives from her parents have to report?
(a) Her father is coming to visit.
(b) Her mother has slipped and fallen.
(c) Her mother is learning to drive.
(d) Her father has prostate cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ka say her father reacted when she tried to take his picture?

2. Where does Anne’s husband go to see Egyptian sculptures?

3. How old was Claude when he killed his father?

4. How does Eric look at his wife on the bus ride back home?

5. What sentence was passed on Constant when he was tried in Haiti in absentia?

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