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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 Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?
(a) Getting home for a big dinner.
(b) Seeing people in the streets.
(c) Admiring the lights.
(d) Criticizing the houses.

2. How tall is the sculpture Ka made of her father?
(a) Twelve feet.
(b) Six feet.
(c) One foot.
(d) Three feet.

3. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?
(a) When her plane touches down.
(b) When her husband lifts her up in an embrace, then puts her back on the ground.
(c) When she sees the land underneath the plane as it descends.
(d) When the doors open out from Customs.

4. What happens when Nadine calls Eric back?
(a) They talk briefly before he breaks off abruptly.
(b) He tells her not to call any more.
(c) His wife picks up.
(d) His number has been changed.

5. Why does Ka say she wished her father would never stop smiling?
(a) Because his smile hid his scar.
(b) Because he smiled so rarely.
(c) Because he could be vicious when he was not smiling.
(d) Because he was so beautiful when he smiled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ka say that her father destroyed the sculpture?

2. What sentence was passed on Constant when he was tried in Haiti in absentia?

3. What is the importance of the date of the final scene in the chapter "Water Child"?

4. How did Anne’s younger brother die?

5. In the Carnival tradition, who is a married couple supposed to find, to ask the person to marry them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ka’s mother answer when Ka asks her how she can love him?

2. In how many ways does the number seven resonate for Eric at the start of the second chapter, titled “Seven”?

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

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

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

6. What is the significance of Ka’s name?

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

8. What is Nadine Osnac’s relationship with her parents like, at the beginning of the chapter titled “Water Child”?

9. Whose perspective is the "The Book of Miracles" chapter written from, and when is it set?

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

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