2. What department of the hospital does Nadine work in?
(a) Ear Nose and Throat.
(b) Oncology.
(c) Rheumatology.
(d) Pediatric oncology.

3. When had Ka declared herself an atheist?
(a) In high school.
(b) In college.
(c) After college.
(d) In middle school.

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

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

6. What are Nadine’s parents delighted to report having seen outside their house?
(a) A hummingbird.
(b) A lizard.
(c) A frangipani flower.
(d) A rainbow.

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

8. What had Constant’s role been in Haiti, before he moved to the U.S.?
(a) Prison guard.
(b) Politician.
(c) Head of a death squad.
(d) President’s body guard.

9. What quality does mistletoe have, according to Anne?
(a) Amorous.
(b) Prophetic.
(c) Divinatory.
(d) Reconciliatory.

10. What is the theme Ka identifies in her mother’s stories of miracles?
(a) The people are all foreigners.
(b) The people are mostly children.
(c) The people are all poor.
(d) The people are all old women.

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

12. How does Ka’s father explain why he had to destroy the sculpture of himself?
(a) His sufferings were never noble.
(b) He cannot let the humiliation he suffered continue to exist.
(c) He cannot allow someone else to own a piece of his soul.
(d) He was not a prisoner.

13. What is the importance of the date of the final scene in the chapter "Water Child"?
(a) It is the day Eric’s wife arrives.
(b) It is the day Nadine's baby would have been born.
(c) It is the day Nadine is going to call her family.
(d) It is the day Eric had promised to be with Nadine.

14. How does Eric look at his wife on the bus ride back home?
(a) As if he were just seeing her for the first time.
(b) As if he does not recognize her.
(c) As if he is trying to see her for the first time.
(d) As if he cannot see her enough.

15. What caused Ka’s father to lose his teeth?
(a) A car accident.
(b) An infected tooth.
(c) A prisoner attacked him.
(d) Prison nightmares.