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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 did Freda grow up?
(a) Beau Jour.
(b) Port-au-Prince.
(c) Léogâne.
(d) Brooklyn.
2. What do people say to explain why Dany’s aunt died so shortly after his arrival?
(a) An angel told him to come.
(b) He must have heard a voice.
(c) Blood calls to blood.
(d) She told him in a dream.
3. What does Beatrice want to do before she starts her interview with Aline?
(a) Make coffee.
(b) Have lunch.
(c) Find out about Aline.
(d) Put on makeup.
4. What is Aline Cajuste’s position at the Haitian American Weekly?
(a) Editor.
(b) Intern.
(c) Producer.
(d) Reporter.
5. Who are the people Aline wants to write about?
(a) Children of Haitians who were forced to flee Haiti.
(b) Haitians who hold the agony of Haitian experiences.
(c) The prison guards who traumatized Haitians.
(d) Priests who hold the Haitian community together.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Freda sing Brother Timonie for her friends?
2. Who does Michel say was “orphaned” by the dictator’s departure (140)?
3. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
4. What does Mariselle say President Kennedy’s widow Jacky Kennedy did to sadness?
5. What does Beatrice say the women who come to her for wedding dresses call her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the main character of "Night Talkers" do is his dream?
2. What does Beatrice say is the secret to her coffee?
3. What is the significance of the song Brother Timonie?
4. What is the action that takes place at Monsieur Christophe’s water station during the rioting?
5. How is Aline failing to follow her editor’s advice in the interview?
6. How does Danticat characterize the events in the streets of Port-au-Prince?
7. What does Aline find when she investigates the house Beatrice called the Haitian prison guard’s house?
8. Why does Claude say that he is the luckiest man in the world?
9. Under what conditions did Freda’s father disappear?
10. Why does Michel say he understood things he should have been too young to understand?
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