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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Eric start to feel joy in anticipation of seeing his wife again?
(a) At the airport.
(b) The morning of his wife’s arrival.
(c) Weeks before his wife arrives.
(d) In the taxi on the way to meet her.

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

3. How old is Nadine?
(a) 27.
(b) 30.
(c) 22.
(d) 44.

4. What does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?
(a) That it is emotional and innocent.
(b) That it is powerful and restrained.
(c) That it is complex and elemental.
(d) That it was humble and regal.

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

6. Where does Nadine read her parents’ letter every day?
(a) In her bed.
(b) In her living room.
(c) In the hospital cafeteria.
(d) In the subway.

7. Why does Ka say she wished her father would never stop smiling?
(a) Because he was so beautiful when he smiled.
(b) Because he smiled so rarely.
(c) Because his smile hid his scar.
(d) Because he could be vicious when he was not smiling.

8. How does Ka explain to Gabrielle Fonteneau that she does not have the sculpture?
(a) She says that another buyer claimed it.
(b) She says that her father did not like it.
(c) She says that it fell apart in transit.
(d) She says that she could not part with it.

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

10. Why does Nadine not ask her co-worker Josette to tell Ms. Hinds’ parents that she cannot be found?
(a) She does not want to owe Josette a favor.
(b) She does not want that camaradarie with Josette.
(c) She does not want to let Ms. Hinds go home without seeing her.
(d) She does not want Josette to see her acting weak.

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

12. How old is Ka’s father?
(a) 65.
(b) 59.
(c) 84.
(d) 72.

13. How tall is the sculpture Ka made of her father?
(a) Twelve feet.
(b) One foot.
(c) Three feet.
(d) Six feet.

14. What has made the Cenegal nightclub famous since the days when Eric and Dany used to go there?
(a) The police attack on Amadou Diallo.
(b) The new DJ.
(c) The police attack on Patrick Dorismond.
(d) The police attack on Abner Louima.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does The Book of the Dead come from?

2. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?

3. Where does Eric take his wife on the bus?

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

5. Where have Anne and her husband gone to get Ka for this Christmas mass?

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