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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Funeral Singer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Beatrice say she enjoyed making wedding dresses?
(a) Because she was proud of her work in the community.
(b) Because it allowed her to act like a mother to so many girls.
(c) Because she liked keeping up the tradition her grandmother started.
(d) Because when everyone looked at the dress, they saw her.

2. How long has it been since Eric has seen his wife, at the beginning of the "Seven" chapter?
(a) Seven weeks.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Seven years.

3. Where does Nadine read her parents’ letter every day?
(a) In the subway.
(b) In her bed.
(c) In the hospital cafeteria.
(d) In her living room.

4. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?
(a) When her husband lifts her up in an embrace, then puts her back on the ground.
(b) When she sees the land underneath the plane as it descends.
(c) When the doors open out from Customs.
(d) When her plane touches down.

5. How long had the dictator ruled before he fled?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 26. years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 15 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Eric stayed on in this cheap basement apartment?

2. How old is Eric, the main character of the "Seven" chapter?

3. What does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?

4. Where is Anne’s husband’s barber shop?

5. Where does Eric work during the day?

(see the answer key)

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