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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ti Noël go after slipping away from the other slaves in Part Three: Chapter IV?
(a) To the cathedral
(b) To his old plantation
(c) To Cuba
(d) To the Cap

2. Who is the replacement for King Henri Christophe’s priest and confessor in Part Three: Chapter IV?
(a) Juan de Dios González
(b) Bouckman
(c) Soliman
(d) General Leclerc

3. Soliman engages in an affair with a maid at what palace in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) La Tortue
(b) Le Bonnet de l'Évêque
(c) Borghese Palace
(d) Auberge de la Couronne

4. What still stands among the ruins of the plantation that Ti Noël visits in Part Three: Chapter II?
(a) The hanging pavilion
(b) The chimney
(c) The willow tree
(d) The elm tree

5. What is the title of Part Two: Chapter V?
(a) Ultima Ratio Regum
(b) Santiago de Cuba
(c) The Ship of Dogs
(d) The Great Fight

6. What monstrous structure is described as rising up on top of a mountain in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) The Citadel La Ferriére
(b) La Tortue
(c) Borghese Palace
(d) Le Bonnet de l'Évêque

7. Where does Soliman begin sleeping in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) In King Henri's bed
(b) On a rug in Pauline's room
(c) On the ship's deck
(d) In General Leclerc's bed

8. Where are Ti Noël and the other slaves kept on the ship during the voyage in Part Two: Chapter V?
(a) At the bow
(b) In the hold
(c) At the stern
(d) On the deck

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

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 saving money given to him at Christmas
(c) By inheriting his master’s estate
(d) By working as a bank clerk

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

12. For how many years does the narrator say every person in the North has been enslaved to build the fortress in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) 12
(b) 1
(c) 7
(d) 4

13. To what creatures does Ti Noël speak as he sits in the ruins of the old plantation in Part Three: Chapter II?
(a) Spiders
(b) Lizards
(c) Ants
(d) Bees

14. One of the voodoo rituals described in Part Two: Chapter VII involves floating what items, decorated with ribbons, on the sea?
(a) Fish carcasses
(b) Coconuts
(c) Palm leaves
(d) Bamboo stalks

15. How does society in Santo Domingo change after General Leclerc’s death in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) It becomes very democratic
(b) It becomes hedonistic
(c) It becomes highly conservative
(d) It becomes deeply religious

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Part Three: Chapter III, King Henri can flee to his fortress with how many men if necessary?

2. Soliman retells his stories and paints himself as what in Part Four: Chapter I?

3. What slave does Pauline Bonaparte solicit as a masseuse in Part Two: Chapter VI?

4. Who is described as the Lord of the Roads in Part Three: Chapter I?

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