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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 Nadine’s mother characterize her father’s health in her letter to Nadine?
(a) Improving.
(b) Fantastic.
(c) Unreliable.
(d) Terrible.

2. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?
(a) By singing in her house when a funeral passed by.
(b) By singing Brother Timonie at her father’s funeral service.
(c) By singing at a distant relative’s funeral.
(d) By singing in a school choir.

3. What does Eric notices his wife does at 5:11 p.m. while they are out in Brooklyn?
(a) Check her phone.
(b) Look for someone in a crowd.
(c) Take his hand.
(d) Say she wants to go home.

4. What is Emmanuel Constant wanted for?
(a) For crimes against humanity.
(b) Crimes against the Haitian people.
(c) For murder.
(d) For financial crimes.

5. Where was Ka born and raised?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
(d) Léogâne, Haiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much weight has Anne’s husband lost since moving to the U.S.?

2. Where does Aline think about going, after her interview with Beatrice?

3. Where does Dany get a sharp pain after walking for two hours?

4. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?

5. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?

(see the answer key)

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