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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sentence was passed on Constant when he was tried in Haiti in absentia?
(a) 50 years in prison.
(b) Life in prison.
(c) Execution.
(d) 25 years in prison.

2. What is Anne’s favorite Christmas song?
(a) The Drummer Boy.
(b) God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
(c) Silent Night.
(d) Sleigh Ride.

3. Where does Anne’s husband go to see Egyptian sculptures?
(a) The Brooklyn Museum.
(b) The Smithsonian.
(c) The Metropolitan Museum.
(d) The Guggenheim.

4. Where does Eric work during the day?
(a) The Rendez Vous night club.
(b) Medgar Evers College.
(c) King’s County Hospital.
(d) City Hall.

5. What has Eric’s wife brought to the U.S. that does not make it through customs?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Books.
(c) Toiletries.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?

2. How old is Ka’s father?

3. How does Ka’s father explain why he had to destroy the sculpture of himself?

4. Where is Eric meeting his wife?

5. What department of the hospital does Nadine work in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nadine’s relationship with her co-workers like?

2. What does Eric’s wife do while he is at work?

3. What does Eric mean to Nadine now?

4. What political event captivates Eric’s wife during her first week in New York?

5. How does the narrator characterize Anne’s religiosity?

6. What emergency is Nadine called in to resolve in Ms. Hinds’ room?

7. How have Anne and her husband camouflaged their old life in Haiti, now that they are in New York?

8. What causes Nadine to call her parents?

9. How did Eric and his wife twist the carnival tradition related to married people?

10. Why are the 60 seconds at midnight during the Christmas mass Anne’s favorite minute of the year?

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