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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 is Rézia’s restaurant?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Jersey City.

2. What kind of days do Freda, Mariselle and Rézia raise their glasses to?
(a) Secure.
(b) Tumultuous.
(c) Happy.
(d) Uncertain.

3. How does Claude describe integrating back into his people’s community?
(a) Being sick and getting better.
(b) Being a lost child and coming home.
(c) Being a fragment of a manuscript, and hearing the rest.
(d) Being a puzzle the people are putting together.

4. Why does the narrator says that Claude is luckier than most?
(a) He has not suffered very much.
(b) He can talk about his nightmares openly.
(c) He has been forgiven for his sins.
(d) He lives in such a gorgeous place.

5. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
(a) She believes there are spies in the Haitian community.
(b) She always announces her changes of address to her clients.
(c) She thinks her assistance lets him know.
(d) She thinks he has friends in the post office.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Michel characterize his mother?

2. What is Aline Cajuste’s position at the Haitian American Weekly?

3. What does Denise Auguste’s nickname Ti Fanm mean?

4. What do people say to explain why Dany’s aunt died so shortly after his arrival?

5. What group does Michel say he joined?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Michel’s father, and who is Romain’s?

2. What does Beatrice say appeals to hear about making wedding dresses?

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

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

5. Who is the main character of the "The Funeral Singer" chapter, and where is it set?

6. What does Beatrice say is the secret to her coffee?

7. Under what conditions did Freda’s father disappear?

8. What does the main character of "Night Talkers" do is his dream?

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

10. What are the three deaths Freda’s mother says all people have?

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