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

2. Where is Anne’s husband’s barber shop?
(a) In an almost all-white community.
(b) In a big neighborhood of mixed races.
(c) In the middle of the Haitian community.
(d) In an African community.

3. Where is Dany’s aunt coming from, when he arrives?
(a) A childbirth.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A mass.
(d) A visit with friends.

4. Where is Fonteneau visiting her parents, that Ka is bringing her the sculpture?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Tampa.
(c) Orlando.
(d) St. Augustine.

5. How does Nadine characterize the woman she sees reflected in the elevator doors?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Forgotten.
(d) Unrecognizable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Michel say was “orphaned” by the dictator’s departure (140)?

2. What kind of days do Freda, Mariselle and Rézia raise their glasses to?

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

4. What does Anne do when the car her family is in passes the cemetery?

5. How does Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?

(see the answer key)

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