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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 is the importance of the date of the final scene in the chapter "Water Child"?
(a) It is the day Nadine's baby would have been born.
(b) It is the day Eric had promised to be with Nadine.
(c) It is the day Eric’s wife arrives.
(d) It is the day Nadine is going to call her family.

2. What are Nadine’s parents delighted to report having seen outside their house?
(a) A frangipani flower.
(b) A hummingbird.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A lizard.

3. How does Eric look at his wife on the bus ride back home?
(a) As if he were just seeing her for the first time.
(b) As if he does not recognize her.
(c) As if he cannot see her enough.
(d) As if he is trying to see her for the first time.

4. What procedure has Ms. Hinds had performed in the hospital?
(a) Hysterectomy.
(b) Laryngectomy.
(c) Cataract surgery.
(d) Lumpectomy.

5. What department of the hospital does Nadine work in?
(a) Rheumatology.
(b) Pediatric oncology.
(c) Ear Nose and Throat.
(d) Oncology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?

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

3. What country does The Book of the Dead come from?

4. How old was Ka when she started studying art?

5. What does Ka say her father has learned confessions cannot do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the sculpture Ka is selling to Gabrielle Fontaneau?

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

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

5. What causes Nadine to call her parents?

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

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

8. What does Eric mean to Nadine now?

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

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

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