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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 learned was useful in her education?
(a) The long history of injustices and violence in the Americas.
(b) The similarity of cultures’ stories.
(c) The beauty of the written word.
(d) The injustice of a psychology experiment.

2. Why does Estina call for Claude to meet Dany?
(a) So they can speak English together.
(b) So Claude can have a brother-figure.
(c) So Dany can translate for Claude.
(d) So Claude can learn English.

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

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

5. What is the mob doing to people it captures?
(a) Taking them to prison.
(b) Torturing them.
(c) Killing them.
(d) Forcing them to leave the city.

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

7. What does Dany tell his aunt about in his dream?
(a) Finding where the dew breaker lived.
(b) Murdering the dew breaker in his sleep.
(c) Finding other people who knew the dew breaker.
(d) Standing over the dew breaker where he slept.

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

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

10. How does Michel characterize his mother?
(a) Open and loving.
(b) Stern and guarded.
(c) Diplomatic and fair.
(d) Loquacious and animated.

11. How did the prison guard torture Beatrice?
(a) Whipped her until she could not stand.
(b) Kept her awake for seven days on end.
(c) Made her watch while he killed her family.
(d) Bloodied her feet, then made her walk home barefoot.

12. Whose hand has the dictator transferred power to, now that he is leaving?
(a) The business community.
(b) The career politicians.
(c) The military.
(d) The people.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Aline think about going, after her interview with Beatrice?

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

5. How old is Freda?

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