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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Eric’s declarations of love to his wife after she comes home with him?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Prattle.
(c) Song.
(d) Babble.

2. What has Eric’s wife brought to the U.S. that does not make it through customs?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Toiletries.
(d) Books.

3. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?
(a) Seeing people in the streets.
(b) Admiring the lights.
(c) Getting home for a big dinner.
(d) Criticizing the houses.

4. How frequently has Eric called Nadine since they split up?
(a) Biweekly.
(b) Monthly.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Daily.

5. How much time has gone by since Nadine got the letter that she has not acted on?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Three moneys.

6. What was Anne’s family’s Christmas tradition?
(a) Not to put up lights.
(b) To put up a few tasteful lights.
(c) To let their neighbors cover their house in lights.
(d) To cover their house in lights.

7. How does Gabrielle Fonteneau react when Ka tells her that she does not have the sculpture?
(a) She is furious and betrayed.
(b) She is disappointed but gracious.
(c) She is cold and withdraws.
(d) She is wounded and feels taken advantage of.

8. What does Anne do when the car her family is in passes the cemetery?
(a) Talks about her younger brother who died.
(b) Praises the dead.
(c) Holds her breath.
(d) Says a prayer.

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

10. Where are Ka and her father at the start of the book?
(a) New York City.
(b) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
(c) Washington, DC.
(d) Lakeland, Florida.

11. When does Anne go up to the man her daughter thought was Emmanuel Constant?
(a) In between hymns.
(b) After Communion.
(c) After the service.
(d) Before the service starts.

12. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?
(a) TV actress.
(b) Painter.
(c) Movie star.
(d) Accountant.

13. How did Ka get in touch with Gabrielle Fonteneau, to sell her the sculpture?
(a) Fonteneau found her on the internet.
(b) Through the Haitian American Weekly.
(c) Through a friend.
(d) They met at a gallery opening.

14. How old was Ka when she started studying art?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

15. How long has it been since Eric has seen his wife, at the beginning of the "Seven" chapter?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Seven months.
(c) Seven weeks.
(d) Seven days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Eric meeting his wife?

2. What aspect of the maid’s personality reminds Ka of her mother?

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

4. Where does Eric work during the day?

5. What does the next letter Nadine receives from her parents have to report?

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