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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Denise Auguste respond when Dany thanks her?
(a) “You’re deserving.”
(b) “You’re welcome.”
(c) “Now we are even.”
(d) “Think nothing of it.”

2. What is Old Zo’s response when Dany asks if he knows Estina?
(a) His mother is descended from her maternal grandmother’s family.
(b) His maternal uncle was married to Estina’s sister.
(c) His grandfather and her grandfather were cousins.
(d) His father was Estina’s close friend.

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

4. Where does Beatrice say the prison guard hides out?
(a) In the alleys.
(b) In people’s basements.
(c) Empty houses.
(d) In empty storefronts.

5. What does Beatrice say the women who come to her for wedding dresses call her?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Aunt.

6. How old does Michel say he feels, in the story he is telling?
(a) 20.
(b) 48.
(c) 34.
(d) 6.

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

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

9. How does Beatrice indicate the residents of the houses on her block?
(a) By where they came from in Haiti.
(b) By nationality and profession.
(c) By political loyalty.
(d) By skin color and language.

10. What does Aline taste in Beatrice’s coffee?
(a) Lime.
(b) Spices.
(c) Vanilla.
(d) Spirits.

11. What is Rézia’s horror story from Haiti?
(a) She was a prostitute who was abused by macoutes.
(b) She was raised in a brothel where she was raped.
(c) She was tortured in prison for stealing a loaf of bread.
(d) She was beaten by a mob who mistook her for someone else.

12. Where is Dany’s aunt coming from, when he arrives?
(a) A visit with friends.
(b) A childbirth.
(c) A mass.
(d) A funeral.

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

14. Where is Michel telling the story of this time in Haiti?
(a) In bed with his pregnant wife.
(b) Driving home with his son.
(c) In prison with other men.
(d) On the bus talking with a stranger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freda say she is going to do when she goes back to Haiti?

2. Why does Claude say he is lucky?

3. Who does Aline run into when she is looking into the house she thinks belongs to the Haitian prison guard?

4. How old was Claude when he killed his father?

5. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?

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