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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Freda?
(a) 29.
(b) 17.
(c) 14.
(d) 22.

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

4. Why does Beatrice say she enjoyed making wedding dresses?
(a) Because it allowed her to act like a mother to so many girls.
(b) Because when everyone looked at the dress, they saw her.
(c) Because she was proud of her work in the community.
(d) Because she liked keeping up the tradition her grandmother started.

5. What advice had Aline’s boss given her for this interview?
(a) Let her subject get comfortable and talk.
(b) Ask smart questions.
(c) Do not get too cozy with the natives.
(d) Notice everything.

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

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

8. What does Mariselle say President Kennedy’s widow Jacky Kennedy did to sadness?
(a) Made it horrifying.
(b) Made it beautiful.
(c) Made it bearable.
(d) Made it unbearable.

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

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

11. Where does Mariselle get a job after she completes her degree?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) An art gallery.
(c) A big accounting business.
(d) A retail store.

12. 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 50s.
(c) She says she is in her 40s.
(d) She does not answer, she only laughs.

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

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

15. What kept Dany from making his presence known when he saw the dew breaker?
(a) The logistics of getting away with murder.
(b) The fear of killing the wrong person.
(c) The threat of retaliation from the man’s family.
(d) The dread of having murder on his conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Freda grow up?

2. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?

3. What is Aline Cajuste’s position at the Haitian American Weekly?

4. Why does Freda sing Brother Timonie for her friends?

5. What name does Michel promise to give his unborn child?

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