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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aline say she studied in school?
(a) French literature.
(b) American literature.
(c) Caribbean history.
(d) World literature.

2. Why does the narrator says that Claude is luckier than most?
(a) He lives in such a gorgeous place.
(b) He has been forgiven for his sins.
(c) He has not suffered very much.
(d) He can talk about his nightmares openly.

3. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
(a) She believes there are spies in the Haitian community.
(b) She thinks he has friends in the post office.
(c) She thinks her assistance lets him know.
(d) She always announces her changes of address to her clients.

4. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?
(a) Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
(b) Léogâne, Haiti.
(c) Brooklyn, New York.
(d) Far Rockaway, Queens.

5. How old was the dictator when he fled?
(a) 37.
(b) 44.
(c) 34.
(d) 54.

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

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

8. Who is Romain’s father?
(a) The water station owner.
(b) A rabble-rousing laborer.
(c) A local businessman.
(d) A prominent macoute.

9. Why does Claude accept Dany’s apology so quickly?
(a) He does not want the obligation to impose guilt.
(b) He did not feel insulted by what Dany said.
(c) He knows he is in pain.
(d) He did not notice what Dany did, that he is apologizing for.

10. How long had the dictator ruled before he fled?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 26. years.
(c) 11 years.
(d) 11 months.

11. How does Beatrice answer when Aline asks how old she is?
(a) She says she is in her 60s.
(b) She says she is in her 40s.
(c) She says she is in her 50s.
(d) She does not answer, she only laughs.

12. How does Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?
(a) By singing Brother Timonie.
(b) By naming her home town.
(c) By reciting a psalm.
(d) By telling her full family name and some of their history.

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

14. Where does Dany get a sharp pain after walking for two hours?
(a) His side.
(b) His stomach.
(c) His head.
(d) His feet.

15. Who does Aline run into when she is looking into the house she thinks belongs to the Haitian prison guard?
(a) The Jamaican schoolteacher.
(b) The Dominican social worker.
(c) The Guyanaian dentist.
(d) The Italian baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Claude kill his father?

2. Why does Beatrice say she enjoyed making wedding dresses?

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

4. How old is Denise Auguste?

5. What is the saying of Voltaire’s that Romain quotes to Michel?

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