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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Water Child.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ka say her father has learned confessions cannot do?
(a) Purge a sin.
(b) Cleanse a guilty conscience.
(c) Lighten living hearts.
(d) Repair an injury.

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

3. How does Eric look at his wife on the bus ride back home?
(a) As if he does not recognize her.
(b) As if he were just seeing her for the first time.
(c) As if he cannot see her enough.
(d) As if he is trying to see her for the first time.

4. What is a ka, in The Book of the Dead?
(a) An altar for offering prayers.
(b) A double of the body.
(c) A sacrificial offering.
(d) An angel who weighs the soul.

5. What does Eric give his wife to drink when she arrives?
(a) Papaya juice.
(b) Passion fruit juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Mango juice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Ka’s father?

2. What department of the hospital does Nadine work in?

3. How many microcassettes with Eric’s messages has Nadine added to her altar?

4. What did Eric and his wife forego during carnival?

5. Where is Eric meeting his wife?

(see the answer key)

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