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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 old was Claude when he killed his father?
(a) 14.
(b) 9.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

2. Who is the one who starts the others telling stories about their personal lives?
(a) Rézia.
(b) Freda.
(c) Mariselle.
(d) Mariselle’s husband.

3. Where is Michel telling the story of this time in Haiti?
(a) In prison with other men.
(b) On the bus talking with a stranger.
(c) In bed with his pregnant wife.
(d) Driving home with his son.

4. How did the prison guard torture Beatrice?
(a) Kept her awake for seven days on end.
(b) Whipped her until she could not stand.
(c) Made her watch while he killed her family.
(d) Bloodied her feet, then made her walk home barefoot.

5. Where does Dany get a sharp pain after walking for two hours?
(a) His feet.
(b) His side.
(c) His head.
(d) His stomach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aline taste in Beatrice’s coffee?

2. What kept Dany from making his presence known when he saw the dew breaker?

3. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?

4. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?

5. How old was the dictator when he fled?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Aline failing to follow her editor’s advice in the interview?

4. Why did Freda emigrate from Haiti to the U.S.?

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

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

7. Who are Beatrice Saint Ford and Aline Cajuste?

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

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

10. Why does Dany think that Claude is lucky?

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