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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: The Bridal Seamstress.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dany have to make excuses when he sees people in his aunt’s town?
(a) For not sending money home.
(b) For not remembering birthdays.
(c) For not visiting sooner.
(d) For not sending gifts he had promised.

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

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

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

5. Why were prison guards called dew breakers?
(a) They would come for you early in the morning.
(b) The pain of torture would make sweat pop out on people’s skin like dew.
(c) They would come for you when the dew was settling.
(d) They would break so many bones when they tortured people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Fonteneau visiting her parents, that Ka is bringing her the sculpture?

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

3. What is the theme Ka identifies in her mother’s stories of miracles?

4. What does Ka say her father has learned confessions cannot do?

5. What happens when Nadine calls Eric back?

(see the answer key)

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