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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ka say that her father destroyed the sculpture?
(a) Because he is vain about his appearance.
(b) Because he does not want to be documented.
(c) Because he always feels competitive with her.
(d) Because he is so ashamed of himself.

2. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?
(a) When her plane touches down.
(b) When her husband lifts her up in an embrace, then puts her back on the ground.
(c) When she sees the land underneath the plane as it descends.
(d) When the doors open out from Customs.

3. What does Ka say her father has learned confessions cannot do?
(a) Purge a sin.
(b) Lighten living hearts.
(c) Repair an injury.
(d) Cleanse a guilty conscience.

4. What country does The Book of the Dead come from?
(a) Greece.
(b) Persia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Germany.

5. 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 cold and withdraws.
(c) She is disappointed but gracious.
(d) She is wounded and feels taken advantage of.

6. What procedure has Ms. Hinds had performed in the hospital?
(a) Hysterectomy.
(b) Laryngectomy.
(c) Cataract surgery.
(d) Lumpectomy.

7. What is the small altar Nadine has built on her dresser for?
(a) To honor Eric who has left her.
(b) To honor her brother who died.
(c) To honor her parents.
(d) To honor the child she aborted.

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

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

10. What do Nadine’s parents ask her to do, in their letter?
(a) Come home.
(b) Call them.
(c) Send money.
(d) Write them back.

11. What did Eric and his wife forego during carnival?
(a) The tradition of getting married.
(b) The tradition of cross-dressing.
(c) The tradition of asking a stranger to marry them.
(d) The tradition of sleeping with other people.

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

13. How old is Eric, the main character of the "Seven" chapter?
(a) 34.
(b) 37.
(c) 47.
(d) 27.

14. In the Carnival tradition, who is a married couple supposed to find, to ask the person to marry them?
(a) The most musical person they could find.
(b) The most stone-faced person they could find.
(c) The drunkest person they could find.
(d) The most sacred person they could find.

15. What is the miracle Anne is trying to tell Ka about?
(a) A girl crying crystal tears.
(b) A man who saw Jesus’ image in a rose petal.
(c) A woman whose cancer was cured.
(d) A man who was saved from a falling building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?

2. What caused Ka’s father to lose his teeth?

3. How does Ka’s father explain why he had to destroy the sculpture of himself?

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

5. What has made the Cenegal nightclub famous since the days when Eric and Dany used to go there?

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