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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 Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?
(a) By naming her home town.
(b) By reciting a psalm.
(c) By telling her full family name and some of their history.
(d) By singing Brother Timonie.

2. What does Aline say she learned was useful in her education?
(a) The beauty of the written word.
(b) The injustice of a psychology experiment.
(c) The similarity of cultures’ stories.
(d) The long history of injustices and violence in the Americas.

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

4. How old is Denise Auguste?
(a) 20.
(b) 12.
(c) 28.
(d) 17.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mariselle say President Kennedy’s widow Jacky Kennedy did to sadness?

2. Why does Freda say she doodled in her notebook?

3. How old does Michel say he feels, in the story he is telling?

4. Who are the people Aline wants to write about?

5. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who are Beatrice Saint Ford and Aline Cajuste?

9. Why does Dany think that Claude is lucky?

10. What is the significance of the title of the "Monkey Tails" chapter?

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