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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many of the best cows on the plantation drop dead the day after Ti Noël meets with Macandal in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) 9
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 7

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

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

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

7. The slaves return to their plantations feeling a sense of what in the end of Part One: Chapter VIII?
(a) Devastation
(b) Doom
(c) Grief
(d) Encouragement

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

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

10. The name of Minos from the title of Part Two: Chapter I is a figure from what mythology?
(a) South American
(b) Native American
(c) Roman
(d) Greek

11. What is the title of Part One: Chapter II?
(a) Ultima Ratio Regum
(b) The Amputation
(c) Dagon Inside the Ark
(d) Conch Shells

12. 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) 5 days
(b) 2 days
(c) 11 days
(d) 15 days

13. M. Lenormand de Mézy discovers that his wife has been murdered with what in Part Two: Chapter IV?
(a) A musket
(b) A machete
(c) A sickle
(d) A hatchet

14. Who brings Ti Noël a message from Macandal in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) Governor Blancheland
(b) Athenais
(c) The Voodoo woman
(d) Queen Marie-Louise

15. What is the first group affected (and killed) by the poisoning on the plantations in Part One: Chapter V?
(a) The slaves
(b) The plantation owners' families
(c) The animals
(d) The royalty

Short Answer Questions

1. Ti Noël is a slave on a plantation where in Part One: Chapter I?

2. Where is Bouckman from?

3. Upon whom do the colonists take out their fear and frustration over the poisonings in Part One: Chapter V?

4. What does M. Lenormand de Mézy’s second wife have built in Part One: Chapter VII?

5. What does the plantation owner buy before he and Ti Noël head back to the plantation in Part One: Chapter I?

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