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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the slaves use to perform their sacrifice in Part Two: Chapter II?
(a) A gun
(b) A machete
(c) A rock
(d) A shovel

2. What is the name of the plantation owner where Ti Noël is a slave as the book opens?
(a) Mlle Floridor
(b) Governor Blancheland
(c) Henri Christophe
(d) M. Lenormand de Mézy

3. With what African gods do the slaves make a pact in Part Two: Chapter II?
(a) The Loas
(b) The Bacax
(c) The Osebo
(d) The Nyame

4. Bouckman reveals that who has declared the slaves should be freed in Part Two: Chapter II?
(a) God Himself
(b) The French authorities in Europe
(c) The American President
(d) The Pope

5. Part Two: Chapter III is titled “The Call of the” what?
(a) Conch Shells
(b) What the Hand Found
(c) Statues
(d) Saint Calamity

6. M. Lenormand de Mézy's wife dies after eating what in Part One: Chapter V?
(a) A salad
(b) A steak
(c) An orange
(d) A coconut

7. Where does Macandal throw himself when he escapes the burning in Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) Into the crowd
(b) Into the sea
(c) Onto a rooftop
(d) Onto the king

8. What is Macandal’s arm removed with in Part One: Chapter II?
(a) A saw
(b) A machete
(c) A sickle
(d) A cleaver

9. What is the name of the nearby city to the plantation where Ti Noël lives in Part One: Chapter I?
(a) Havana
(b) Santo Maria
(c) Corsica
(d) The Cap

10. What does M. Lenormand de Mézy’s third wife force the plantation slaves to endure in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) Her performances
(b) Her herbal concoctions
(c) Her temperamental children
(d) Her bad cooking

11. What is enacted upon the slaves after the poisonings spread in Part One: Chapter V?
(a) Systematic execution
(b) War camps
(c) A new system of government
(d) A curfew

12. What happens to the informant after he reveals information about the poisonings in Part One: Chapter V?
(a) He is beaten
(b) He is given a feast
(c) He is killed
(d) He is set free

13. For how many years do the slaves await Macandal’s return, according to the narrator at the end of Part One: Chapter VI?
(a) 1 year
(b) 4 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 2 years

14. Slaves that come from the region where Macandal originated are reputed to be what?
(a) Troublemakers
(b) French colonists
(c) Excellent housekeepers
(d) Royal descendants

15. For how long does M. Lenormand de Mézy stay in his hiding place before coming out to examine his plantation in Part Two: Chapter IV?
(a) 15 days
(b) 2 days
(c) 11 days
(d) 5 days

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the slaves believe has happened to Macandal at the end of Part One: Chapter VIII?

2. The slaves return to their plantations feeling a sense of what in the end of Part One: Chapter VIII?

3. What is Macandal doing when his arm becomes caught in a machine in Part One: Chapter II?

4. Where does M. Lenormand de Mézy hide in the beginning of Part Two: Chapter IV?

5. M. Lenormand de Mézy takes his slaves where to sell them in the end of Part Two: Chapter IV?

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