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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Aline Cajuste’s position at the Haitian American Weekly?
(a) Editor.
(b) Intern.
(c) Producer.
(d) Reporter.

2. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?
(a) By singing Brother Timonie at her father’s funeral service.
(b) By singing in a school choir.
(c) By singing at a distant relative’s funeral.
(d) By singing in her house when a funeral passed by.

3. Who is the one who starts the others telling stories about their personal lives?
(a) Mariselle.
(b) Freda.
(c) Rézia.
(d) Mariselle’s husband.

4. Why does Freda sing Brother Timonie for her friends?
(a) To honor her father.
(b) To remind them of home.
(c) To show off.
(d) To show them her funeral song.

5. How old is Denise Auguste?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 28.

6. What does Beatrice want to do before she starts her interview with Aline?
(a) Make coffee.
(b) Find out about Aline.
(c) Put on makeup.
(d) Have lunch.

7. Where does Freda meet Rézia and Mariselle?
(a) In church.
(b) In Freda’s parents’ house.
(c) In Rézia’s restaurant.
(d) In class to get their GED.

8. Why does Beatrice say she is retiring?
(a) She wants to do something else.
(b) She cannot find good help.
(c) She cannot make a living any more.
(d) She is tired.

9. Why does Dany have to make excuses when he sees people in his aunt’s town?
(a) For not visiting sooner.
(b) For not remembering birthdays.
(c) For not sending money home.
(d) For not sending gifts he had promised.

10. Who is the mob looking for, in Michel’s story?
(a) Macoutes.
(b) Business owners.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Government officials.

11. What is the reality of Michel’s father’s whereabouts?
(a) His father died in a prison camp.
(b) His father lives across the street at the water station.
(c) His father is a macoute who lives in Port-au-Prince.
(d) His father fled to America when Michel was young.

12. How old is Michel in story told in the "Monkey Tails" chapter?
(a) 30.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 37.

13. Why does Claude say he is lucky?
(a) He should have been punished much more harshly than he was.
(b) He should have been killed for his crimes.
(c) He might have been killed in prison in Port-au-Prince.
(d) He was close to dying in a house fire years ago.

14. How old is Michel while he is narrating the story in the present moment of the story in "Monkey Tails"?
(a) 26.
(b) 30.
(c) 47.
(d) 37.

15. What does Denise Auguste bring Dany and his aunt?
(a) Water.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Gifts.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kept Dany from making his presence known when he saw the dew breaker?

2. How does Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?

3. What does Aline say she learned was useful in her education?

4. How old does Michel say he feels, in the story he is telling?

5. What is Rézia’s horror story from Haiti?

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