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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. How does Beatrice indicate the residents of the houses on her block?
(a) By skin color and language.
(b) By nationality and profession.
(c) By where they came from in Haiti.
(d) By political loyalty.

2. What is Nadine’s reputation on the ward where she works?
(a) Conspiratorial.
(b) Professional and cold.
(c) Open and confiding
(d) Not friendly.

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

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

5. How did the prison guard torture Beatrice?
(a) Kept her awake for seven days on end.
(b) Made her watch while he killed her family.
(c) Whipped her until she could not stand.
(d) Bloodied her feet, then made her walk home barefoot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ka say that her father destroyed the sculpture?

2. What advice had Aline’s boss given her for this interview?

3. What does Beatrice want to do before she starts her interview with Aline?

4. What group does Michel say he joined?

5. Where have Anne and her husband gone to get Ka for this Christmas mass?

(see the answer key)

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