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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. Why does Nadine not ask her co-worker Josette to tell Ms. Hinds’ parents that she cannot be found?
(a) She does not want Josette to see her acting weak.
(b) She does not want to owe Josette a favor.
(c) She does not want to let Ms. Hinds go home without seeing her.
(d) She does not want that camaradarie with Josette.

2. How does the narrator says that Anne feels about having stopped having epileptic seizures?
(a) Free.
(b) Resurrected.
(c) Forgiven.
(d) Redeemed.

3. Where are Ka and her father at the start of the book?
(a) Port-au-Prince Haiti.
(b) Washington, DC.
(c) Lakeland, Florida.
(d) New York City.

4. What is the small altar Nadine has built on her dresser for?
(a) To honor the child she aborted.
(b) To honor her parents.
(c) To honor her brother who died.
(d) To honor Eric who has left her.

5. Why has Eric stayed on in this cheap basement apartment?
(a) To save money to buy a house.
(b) To save money for a baby.
(c) To save money for school
(d) To save money for his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?

2. Why does Ka say she wished her father would never stop smiling?

3. What caused Ka’s father to lose his teeth?

4. What does Eric give his wife to drink when she arrives?

5. What does Nadine do instead of calling her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Nadine to call her parents?

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

3. What is Eric’s relationship with his roommates like?

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

5. What is Anne’s family’s Christmas routine like?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Eric mean to Nadine now?

(see the answer keys)

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