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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the maid’s personality reminds Ka of her mother?
(a) Her haughtiness.
(b) Her poor English.
(c) Her youth.
(d) Her limp.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Where does Eric work at night?
(a) The Rendez Vous night club.
(b) City Hall.
(c) Medgar Evers College.
(d) King’s County Hospital.

8. What does Eric notices his wife does at 5:11 p.m. while they are out in Brooklyn?
(a) Say she wants to go home.
(b) Take his hand.
(c) Check her phone.
(d) Look for someone in a crowd.

9. How does Ka characterize her mother’s stories of miracles?
(a) Incredible.
(b) Fabulous.
(c) Far-fetched.
(d) Colorful.

10. Where does Nadine live?
(a) Canarsie.
(b) Off Prospect Park.
(c) Far Rockaway.
(d) Brooklyn Heights.

11. How does Nadine characterize the woman she sees reflected in the elevator doors?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Forgotten.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Unrecognizable.

12. What does Anne’s daughter (Ka) respond with when Anne tries to tell her about a miracle?
(a) “Ouch.”
(b) “Whatever.”
(c) “Really?”
(d) “Cool.”

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

14. 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 so ashamed of himself.
(d) Because he is vain about his appearance.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much weight has Anne’s husband lost since moving to the U.S.?

3. What happens when Nadine calls Eric back?

4. How does the narrator says that Anne feels about having stopped having epileptic seizures?

5. When had Ka declared herself an atheist?

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