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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 were prison guards called dew breakers?
(a) They would come for you early in the morning.
(b) The pain of torture would make sweat pop out on people’s skin like dew.
(c) They would break so many bones when they tortured people.
(d) They would come for you when the dew was settling.

2. What is Old Zo’s response when Dany asks if he knows Estina?
(a) His father was Estina’s close friend.
(b) His grandfather and her grandfather were cousins.
(c) His mother is descended from her maternal grandmother’s family.
(d) His maternal uncle was married to Estina’s sister.

3. Why does Ka say she wished her father would never stop smiling?
(a) Because he could be vicious when he was not smiling.
(b) Because his smile hid his scar.
(c) Because he was so beautiful when he smiled.
(d) Because he smiled so rarely.

4. What is the importance of the date of the final scene in the chapter "Water Child"?
(a) It is the day Eric’s wife arrives.
(b) It is the day Eric had promised to be with Nadine.
(c) It is the day Nadine is going to call her family.
(d) It is the day Nadine's baby would have been born.

5. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
(a) She thinks he has friends in the post office.
(b) She thinks her assistance lets him know.
(c) She believes there are spies in the Haitian community.
(d) She always announces her changes of address to her clients.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aline see when she looks into the house Beatrice calls the prison guard’s house?

2. How does Nadine’s mother characterize her father’s health in her letter to Nadine?

3. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?

4. What does the narrator say Eric’s wife smells like?

5. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?

(see the answer key)

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