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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. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Léogâne, Haiti.
(c) Far Rockaway, Queens.
(d) Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

2. Why does Freda say she left Haiti?
(a) Because her mother wanted her to have more opportunity.
(b) Because the macoutes were getting aggressive in her neighborhood.
(c) Because she feared for her life if she stayed.
(d) Because she refused to sing at the national palace.

3. What does Freda say she is going to do when she goes back to Haiti?
(a) Join a militia.
(b) Get revenge against the macoutes.
(c) Work for the government.
(d) Open a school.

4. How old was the dictator when he fled?
(a) 54.
(b) 44.
(c) 34.
(d) 37.

5. How does Michel characterize his mother?
(a) Diplomatic and fair.
(b) Open and loving.
(c) Loquacious and animated.
(d) Stern and guarded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Beatrice answer when Aline asks how old she is?

2. Why does Estina call for Claude to meet Dany?

3. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?

4. How old is Michel in story told in the "Monkey Tails" chapter?

5. Who does Michel say was “orphaned” by the dictator’s departure (140)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freda say her father wished would happen on New Year’s Eve, in the years before he was arrested?

2. What kind of insight does Aline give us into the authorial labor of writing the novel in which Aline herself appears?

3. How does Danticat characterize the events in the streets of Port-au-Prince?

4. What does Beatrice ultimately tell us about the character of Ka’s father?

5. Whose point of view is the "Night Talkers" chapter written from, and where is it set?

6. Why does Claude say that he is the luckiest man in the world?

7. Why does Michel say he understood things he should have been too young to understand?

8. What is the significance of the song Brother Timonie?

9. Who is the main character of the "Monkey Tails" chapter, and where is it set?

10. Who are Beatrice Saint Ford and Aline Cajuste?

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