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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. How does Beatrice indicate the residents of the houses on her block?
(a) By political loyalty.
(b) By where they came from in Haiti.
(c) By nationality and profession.
(d) By skin color and language.

2. Why does Estina call for Claude to meet Dany?
(a) So Claude can have a brother-figure.
(b) So Dany can translate for Claude.
(c) So they can speak English together.
(d) So Claude can learn English.

3. Who are the people Aline wants to write about?
(a) Priests who hold the Haitian community together.
(b) Haitians who hold the agony of Haitian experiences.
(c) The prison guards who traumatized Haitians.
(d) Children of Haitians who were forced to flee Haiti.

4. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?
(a) By singing at a distant relative’s funeral.
(b) By singing in her house when a funeral passed by.
(c) By singing in a school choir.
(d) By singing Brother Timonie at her father’s funeral service.

5. What does Mariselle say President Kennedy’s widow Jacky Kennedy did to sadness?
(a) Made it bearable.
(b) Made it horrifying.
(c) Made it beautiful.
(d) Made it unbearable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aline say she studied in school?

2. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?

3. What does Denise Auguste bring Dany and his aunt?

4. Where does Aline think about going, after her interview with Beatrice?

5. Where does Beatrice say the prison guard hides out?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What news is the main character of "Night Talkers" bringing with him?

3. What does Aline find when she investigates the house Beatrice called the Haitian prison guard’s house?

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

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

6. How does the narrator characterize Dany’s relationship with Denise Auguste?

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

8. Why does the main character of "Night Talkers" get three pieces of cloth to keep with him the rest of his life?

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

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

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