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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Freda say the president of Haiti would throw from his car at New Year’s?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Pictures of himself.
(d) Money.

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

4. What kind of days do Freda, Mariselle and Rézia raise their glasses to?
(a) Happy.
(b) Secure.
(c) Tumultuous.
(d) Uncertain.

5. Who are the people Aline wants to write about?
(a) Children of Haitians who were forced to flee Haiti.
(b) The prison guards who traumatized Haitians.
(c) Priests who hold the Haitian community together.
(d) Haitians who hold the agony of Haitian experiences.

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

7. What do people say to explain why Dany’s aunt died so shortly after his arrival?
(a) He must have heard a voice.
(b) She told him in a dream.
(c) Blood calls to blood.
(d) An angel told him to come.

8. Why does Freda say she doodled in her notebook?
(a) To take out her aggressions on someone.
(b) To act out the fights she could not have in reality.
(c) To frighten herself.
(d) To create figures to keep her company.

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

10. How old was Claude when he killed his father?
(a) 18.
(b) 9.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Denise Auguste’s nickname Ti Fanm mean?

2. What is the reality of Michel’s father’s whereabouts?

3. Who does Michel say was “orphaned” by the dictator’s departure (140)?

4. Why does Estina call for Claude to meet Dany?

5. What advice had Aline’s boss given her for this interview?

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