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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. What group does Michel say he joined?
(a) The crowd of men defending the town’s police station from looters.
(b) The men trying to turn off the water at Monsieur Christophe’s water station.
(c) The mob of people looking for people to murder.
(d) The crowd of refugee women and children.

2. How old was Claude when he killed his father?
(a) 21.
(b) 14.
(c) 18.
(d) 9.

3. What is Anne’s favorite Christmas song?
(a) Silent Night.
(b) The Drummer Boy.
(c) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
(d) Sleigh Ride.

4. How does Ka explain to Gabrielle Fonteneau that she does not have the sculpture?
(a) She says that another buyer claimed it.
(b) She says that it fell apart in transit.
(c) She says that she could not part with it.
(d) She says that her father did not like it.

5. What was Anne’s family’s Christmas tradition?
(a) To let their neighbors cover their house in lights.
(b) To cover their house in lights.
(c) Not to put up lights.
(d) To put up a few tasteful lights.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ka say she wished her father would never stop smiling?

2. Who does Aline run into when she is looking into the house she thinks belongs to the Haitian prison guard?

3. Where are Ka and her father at the start of the book?

4. What procedure has Ms. Hinds had performed in the hospital?

5. Where does Aline think about going, after her interview with Beatrice?

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