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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. Why did Claude kill his father?
(a) He had an outburst of anger.
(b) His father had confiscated his drugs.
(c) His father was beating him.
(d) His gang required it.

2. What does Aline say she studied in school?
(a) World literature.
(b) American literature.
(c) Caribbean history.
(d) French literature.

3. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?
(a) A fisherman who got lost at sea.
(b) A sailor famous for his exploits.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A politician who was taken by the macoutes.

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

5. Where did Freda grow up?
(a) Port-au-Prince.
(b) Beau Jour.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Léogâne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freda say the president of Haiti would throw from his car at New Year’s?

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

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

4. What is Dany’s relationship with Tante Estina?

5. What does Aline see when she looks into the house Beatrice calls the prison guard’s house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Freda say her father wished would happen on New Year’s Eve, in the years before he was arrested?

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

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

9. Why does Dany think that Claude is lucky?

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

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