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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. How does Ka explain to Gabrielle Fonteneau that she does not have the sculpture?
(a) She says that another buyer claimed it.
(b) She says that her father did not like it.
(c) She says that it fell apart in transit.
(d) She says that she could not part with it.

2. How does Ka characterize her mother’s stories of miracles?
(a) Colorful.
(b) Far-fetched.
(c) Fabulous.
(d) Incredible.

3. What is a ka, in The Book of the Dead?
(a) An altar for offering prayers.
(b) An angel who weighs the soul.
(c) A sacrificial offering.
(d) A double of the body.

4. What does Ka’s father leave the Fonteneaus’ house with?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fish from their lake.
(c) Fruits from their garden.
(d) Lemongrass.

5. Why does Eric chastise himself for his behavior toward his landlady?
(a) He says he was unnecessarily brusque.
(b) He says he acted like a manservant.
(c) He says that he was rude.
(d) He says that he acted like a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme Ka identifies in her mother’s stories of miracles?

2. What had Constant’s role been in Haiti, before he moved to the U.S.?

3. What is the small altar Nadine has built on her dresser for?

4. When does Anne go up to the man her daughter thought was Emmanuel Constant?

5. How does Nadine’s mother characterize her father’s health in her letter to Nadine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Eric mean to Nadine now?

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

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

6. How does Nadine’s call with her parents go?

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

8. What is the occasion that Eric’s wife coming to New York?

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

10. What unlikely story is the main character of the "The Book of Miracles" chapter trying to get her family to believe?

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