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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 does Eric notices his wife does at 5:11 p.m. while they are out in Brooklyn?
(a) Look for someone in a crowd.
(b) Check her phone.
(c) Take his hand.
(d) Say she wants to go home.

2. What is Aline Cajuste’s position at the Haitian American Weekly?
(a) Intern.
(b) Editor.
(c) Producer.
(d) Reporter.

3. What country does The Book of the Dead come from?
(a) Persia.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Germany.
(d) Greece.

4. What is the story about where Michel’s father was lost?
(a) In an industrial accident.
(b) To illness.
(c) In something political.
(d) In a fishing accident at sea.

5. When does Eric start to feel joy in anticipation of seeing his wife again?
(a) At the airport.
(b) In the taxi on the way to meet her.
(c) Weeks before his wife arrives.
(d) The morning of his wife’s arrival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the saying of Voltaire’s that Romain quotes to Michel?

2. How does the narrator says that Anne feels about having stopped having epileptic seizures?

3. How does Aline characterize Beatrice’s state of mind to her editor?

4. Why does Freda say she left Haiti?

5. What do people say to explain why Dany’s aunt died so shortly after his arrival?

(see the answer key)

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