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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the slaves and masters gather in the opening of Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) Corsica
(b) The Domingo
(c) The Cap
(d) Legba

2. What do the slaves believe has happened to Macandal at the end of Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) He has become pope
(b) He has escaped
(c) He is dead
(d) He is imprisoned

3. The slaves’ rebellion is planned to take place how many days in the future in the end of Part Two: Chapter II?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 8
(d) 3

4. What ethnic group is Macandal described as belonging to in the novel?
(a) Creole
(b) Mandigue
(c) Marabouts
(d) Mulatto

5. 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

6. What do Ti Noël and Macandal poison in Part One: Chapter III?
(a) A dog
(b) A cat
(c) A goat
(d) A horse

7. What is Part One: Chapter III’s title?
(a) What the Hand Found
(b) De Profundis
(c) Conch Chells
(d) The Royal Palace

8. What is Part Two: Chapter IV’s title?
(a) De Profundis
(b) Dagon Inside the Ark
(c) Statues
(d) The Great Fight

9. What cannot be bound, leading to Macandal’s escape in Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) His ankles
(b) His waist
(c) The stump of his missing leg
(d) The stump of his missing arm

10. Ti Noël is a slave on a plantation where in Part One: Chapter I?
(a) Corsica
(b) Santo Domingo
(c) Brazil
(d) Havana

11. What is Part Two: Chapter II’s title?
(a) Saint Calamity
(b) The Solemn Pact
(c) The Reckoning
(d) The Portents

12. Where does M. Lenormand de Mézy hide when he hears the rebellion horns sounding in Part Two: Chapter III?
(a) In his attic
(b) Under a rock
(c) Behind a bush
(d) In a tree

13. Ti Noël tells the plantation owner that the cows have died for what reason in the end of Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) The local cows have an inherited disease
(b) The imported cows don’t know what poisonous vegetation to avoid
(c) The imported cows have been infected with yellow fever
(d) The imported cows were poisoned before they arrived at the plantation

14. Whose rotting head is displayed in the Cap in Part Two: Chapter IV?
(a) Ti Noël’s
(b) Bouckman's
(c) Queen Marie-Louise’s
(d) Corneille Breille’s

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the governor that rules over Haiti during the slaves’ rebellion in Part Two: Chapter III?

2. M. Lenormand de Mézy hides out in his house until he hears word that what has taken place in Part Two: Chapter IV?

3. Where does M. Lenormand de Mézy move with his third wife in Part Two: Chapter I?

4. Bouckman reveals that who has declared the slaves should be freed in Part Two: Chapter II?

5. What does M. Lenormand de Mézy’s third wife force the plantation slaves to endure in Part Two: Chapter I?

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