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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Book of Miracles.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much weight has Anne’s husband lost since moving to the U.S.?
(a) 80 pounds.
(b) 60 pounds.
(c) 40 pounds.
(d) 20 pounds.

2. How many microcassettes with Eric’s messages has Nadine added to her altar?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Nine.

3. What is the importance of the date of the final scene in the chapter "Water Child"?
(a) It is the day Eric had promised to be with Nadine.
(b) It is the day Eric’s wife arrives.
(c) It is the day Nadine is going to call her family.
(d) It is the day Nadine's baby would have been born.

4. What does Ka’s father leave the Fonteneaus’ house with?
(a) Fruits from their garden.
(b) Lemongrass.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Fish from their lake.

5. What sentence was passed on Constant when he was tried in Haiti in absentia?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Execution.
(c) 50 years in prison.
(d) 25 years in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Eric’s wife brought to the U.S. that does not make it through customs?

2. How does Ka characterize her mother’s stories of miracles?

3. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?

4. Why is Ms. Hinds upset, when Nadine is called to her room?

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

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