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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What previously unnoticed sound does King Henri Christophe observe in the palace rooms in Part Three: Chapter VI?
(a) Owls hooting
(b) Insects buzzing
(c) Ducks quacking
(d) Frogs croaking

2. At what time does Ti Noël lay down his last brick at the end of his first day with the workers in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) 8:30 PM
(b) 6:00 PM
(c) 12:00 AM
(d) 9:30 PM

3. The immense brick fortress described in Part Three: Chapter III is located on top of what mountain?
(a) Borghese Palace
(b) Auberge de la Couronne
(c) Le Bonnet de l'Évêque
(d) La Tortue

4. What disease does Pauline Bonaparte’s husband contract in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Scurvy
(c) Lung cancer
(d) Yellow Fever

5. In the end of Part Two, what are thrown to the dogs as a sport?
(a) Black men
(b) Black women
(c) White women
(d) White children

6. What is Part Three: Chapter VII’s title?
(a) Strait is the Gate
(b) San Souci
(c) Statues
(d) Santiago de Cuba

7. What response does Ti Noël get when he asks where the dogs are going in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) To eat niggers
(b) To go hunting
(c) To go swimming
(d) To find freedom

8. What is the name of Pauline Bonaparte’s husband?
(a) Soliman
(b) Corneille Breille
(c) Henri Christophe
(d) Charles Leclerc

9. What is the king’s body sunk into in Part Three: Chapter VII?
(a) Wet mortar
(b) Smoldering tar
(c) Quicksand
(d) A boggy swamp

10. How did Ti Noël gain passage on a ship to Santo Domingo in Part Three: Chapter I?
(a) By inheriting his father’s estate
(b) By inheriting his master’s estate
(c) By saving money given to him at Christmas
(d) By working as a bank clerk

11. What is King Henri Christophe’s wife’s name?
(a) Queen Athenaїs
(b) Queen Floridor
(c) Queen Marie-Louise
(d) Queen Améthyste

12. Where does Pauline Bonaparte begin sleeping every night during her voyage in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) In the hold
(b) At the bow
(c) On deck
(d) On the jib-boom

13. What does Ti Noël do when he encounters a Voodoo offering to the Lord of the Roads in Part Three: Chapter I?
(a) Sells his dog
(b) Calls his mother
(c) Screams at the heavens
(d) Falls to the ground in thanks

14. Where does Ti Noël eventually go to find food in Part Three: Chapter IV?
(a) Corsica
(b) The Cap
(c) Paris
(d) Venezuela

15. Why did the white slave owners rarely kill their slaves, according to the narrator in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) They were worth money
(b) They were afraid of the slaves
(c) They were Christians
(d) They loved their slaves

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Queen Marie-Louise embroidering in the beginning of Part Four: Chapter I?

2. To whom does Pauline Bonaparte turn to perform voodoo rituals against the plague in Part Two: Chapter VII?

3. What is Part Three: Chapter I’s title?

4. Where does Ti Noël go after slipping away from the other slaves in Part Three: Chapter IV?

5. What are the names of the princesses described in Part Three: Chapter II?

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