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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 Aline see when she looks into the house Beatrice calls the prison guard’s house?
(a) A house no one lives in.
(b) A house with a no furniture.
(c) A house with small children.
(d) A house with students.

2. What does Beatrice say the women who come to her for wedding dresses call her?
(a) Sister.
(b) Aunt.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Mother.

3. Where does Beatrice say the prison guard hides out?
(a) Empty houses.
(b) In the alleys.
(c) In empty storefronts.
(d) In people’s basements.

4. 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 always announces her changes of address to her clients.
(d) She believes there are spies in the Haitian community.

5. Why does Freda sing Brother Timonie for her friends?
(a) To remind them of home.
(b) To show them her funeral song.
(c) To show off.
(d) To honor her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Anne’s younger brother die?

2. What does Eric give his wife to drink when she arrives?

3. When does Anne go up to the man her daughter thought was Emmanuel Constant?

4. Where does Freda meet Rézia and Mariselle?

5. What does Mariselle say President Kennedy’s widow Jacky Kennedy did to sadness?

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