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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 does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?
(a) That it was humble and regal.
(b) That it is complex and elemental.
(c) That it is emotional and innocent.
(d) That it is powerful and restrained.

2. When does Eric start to feel joy in anticipation of seeing his wife again?
(a) Weeks before his wife arrives.
(b) In the taxi on the way to meet her.
(c) The morning of his wife’s arrival.
(d) At the airport.

3. How does Ka say her father reacted when she tried to take his picture?
(a) Like a child afraid of a slap.
(b) Like a beautiful woman being flattered.
(c) Like a great man in front of admirers.
(d) Like a ham in front of an audience.

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

5. What does Anne do when the car her family is in passes the cemetery?
(a) Praises the dead.
(b) Talks about her younger brother who died.
(c) Says a prayer.
(d) Holds her breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nadine characterize the woman she sees reflected in the elevator doors?

2. What are Nadine’s parents delighted to report having seen outside their house?

3. What does the next letter Nadine receives from her parents have to report?

4. How did Ka get in touch with Gabrielle Fonteneau, to sell her the sculpture?

5. Why is Ms. Hinds upset, when Nadine is called to her room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the crisis Ka Bienaimé is facing at the beginning of The Dew Breaker, and how does the crisis resolve?

2. How does Ka end the conversation with her mother?

3. How do Ka and her father explain to Mrs. Fontaneau that the sculpture is gone?

4. How do Ka and her family react to the possibility that a wanted Haitian criminal might be in the church?

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

6. What causes Nadine to call her parents?

7. What is Ka’s father’s objection to the sculpture?

8. What does Eric mean to Nadine now?

9. What do Eric and his wife do when they go out on the weekend?

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

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