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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) At the stern
(c) In the hold
(d) On the deck

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

3. Part Three: Chapter III is titled “The Sacrifice of the” what?
(a) Dogs
(b) Immured
(c) Bulls
(d) Conch Shells

4. In Part Four: Chapter II, what is Ti Noël’s most valued possession that once belonged to King Christophe?
(a) An amethyst-colored chair
(b) A blue chandelier
(c) A green silk dress coat
(d) A bear rug

5. Pauline Bonaparte is described by the narrator as reveling in what during her voyage in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Her slaves' lust for her
(b) The sailors' lust for her
(c) The king's lust for her
(d) Her husband's lust for her

6. What is mixed with the mortar to protect the fortress in Part Three: Chapter III?
(a) Sea water
(b) Bull's blood
(c) Clam shells
(d) Rabbit hair

7. What does Soliman fall ill with in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) Diabetes
(b) Yellow Fever
(c) Malaria
(d) Skin cancer

8. How did Ti Noël come to be the slave of a Cuban plantation owner, according to the narrator in Part Three: Chapter I?
(a) M. Lenormand de Mézy lost him in a card game
(b) M. Lenormand de Mézy donated him
(c) M. Lenormand de Mézy sold him
(d) Ti Noël ran away and was captured

9. What is all that’s left of the chapel at the plantation Ti Noël visits in Part Three: Chapter II?
(a) The pulpit
(b) The confessional
(c) The weather vane
(d) The sacrificial altar

10. The rituals of Voodoo resonate with Pauline Bonaparte’s background from where?
(a) New York
(b) Tijuana
(c) Corsica
(d) South Africa

11. What is the title of Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) The Royal Palace
(b) Conch Shells
(c) The Solemn Pact
(d) Saint Calamity

12. In Part Three: Chapter VII, the released prisoners talk of beheading the queen, as who was beheaded in the French Revolution?
(a) King Henry VIII
(b) King Charles II
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte
(d) Marie Antoinette

13. What are Pauline Bonaparte’s impressions of the island when she and her husband arrive in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) She finds it terrifying
(b) She finds it culturally deficient
(c) She finds it exotic
(d) She finds it filthy and disgusting

14. 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 the jib-boom
(d) On deck

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 deeply religious
(c) It becomes highly conservative
(d) It becomes hedonistic

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pauline Bonaparte order to begin construction after her arrival on the island in Part Two: Chapter VI?

2. How many African men that King Christophe trained as palace pages await him at the bottom of the palace stairs in Part Three: Chapter VI?

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

4. What does the ghostly apparition that appears to King Henri Christophe do after it appears?

5. One of Pauline’s maids discovers Pauline on the floor with another slave dancing around her holding what in Part Two: Chapter VII?

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