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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: The Dew Breaker.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dany get a sharp pain after walking for two hours?
(a) His feet.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His head.
(d) His side.

2. What does the narrator say Eric’s wife smells like?
(a) Citron and heliotrope.
(b) Lavender and lime.
(c) Cinnamon and lilies.
(d) Nutmeg and sage.

3. What does Aline see when she looks into the house Beatrice calls the prison guard’s house?
(a) A house no one lives in.
(b) A house with small children.
(c) A house with a no furniture.
(d) A house with students.

4. Who does Aline run into when she is looking into the house she thinks belongs to the Haitian prison guard?
(a) The Jamaican schoolteacher.
(b) The Guyanaian dentist.
(c) The Italian baker.
(d) The Dominican social worker.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nadine’s mother characterize her father’s health in her letter to Nadine?

2. What name does Michel promise to give his unborn child?

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

4. When does Eric start to feel joy in anticipation of seeing his wife again?

5. What do Dany and Michel purchase, to make Eric’s wife more at home?

(see the answer key)

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