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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. Where is Eric meeting his wife?
(a) Grand Central.
(b) Port Authority.
(c) LaGuardia airport.
(d) JFK airport.

2. How did Anne’s younger brother die?
(a) Abduction.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Drowning.
(d) Illness.

3. Why does Eric chastise himself for his behavior toward his landlady?
(a) He says that he was rude.
(b) He says he acted like a manservant.
(c) He says that he acted like a child.
(d) He says he was unnecessarily brusque.

4. Where does Freda meet Rézia and Mariselle?
(a) In class to get their GED.
(b) In Freda’s parents’ house.
(c) In Rézia’s restaurant.
(d) In church.

5. What is the small altar Nadine has built on her dresser for?
(a) To honor her brother who died.
(b) To honor her parents.
(c) To honor the child she aborted.
(d) To honor Eric who has left her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Michel telling the story of this time in Haiti?

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

3. How old is Freda?

4. What is the theme Ka identifies in her mother’s stories of miracles?

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

(see the answer key)

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