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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Eric has seen his wife, at the beginning of the "Seven" chapter?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Seven weeks.
(c) Seven months.
(d) Seven days.

2. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?
(a) TV actress.
(b) Painter.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Movie star.

3. How old is Ka’s father?
(a) 84.
(b) 59.
(c) 65.
(d) 72.

4. What did Eric and his wife forego during carnival?
(a) The tradition of cross-dressing.
(b) The tradition of asking a stranger to marry them.
(c) The tradition of getting married.
(d) The tradition of sleeping with other people.

5. Where are Ka and her father at the start of the book?
(a) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Lakeland, Florida.
(d) New York City.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eric work during the day?

2. How does Ka say her father reacted when she tried to take his picture?

3. How does Eric’s wife keep her possessions from being nabbed by her relatives before she leaves?

4. How does the narrator characterize Eric’s declarations of love to his wife after she comes home with him?

5. What does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?

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