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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. One of Pauline’s maids discovers Pauline and a slave performing a ritual in which what animal has been sacrificed in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) A rooster
(b) A pig
(c) A monkey
(d) A rat

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

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

5. 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?
(a) 5
(b) 12
(c) 2
(d) 8

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part Two: Chapter V?

2. 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?

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

4. What flower is considered the most decorative and desired, according to the narrator in Part Four: Chapter II?

5. How does society in Santo Domingo change after General Leclerc’s death in Part Two: Chapter VII?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the actions and behavior of the Santo Domingo slave owners described in Part Two: Chapter V?

2. How is the palace described in Part Three: Chapter II? How does Ti Noël find himself there?

3. How is Pauline Bonaparte’s behavior depicted after her arrival on the island in Part Two: Chapter VI? What is her relationship to Soliman?

4. What great fortress is described in Part Three: Chapter III? How is the reference to bulls in the title of the chapter associated with this setting?

5. What leads to Pauline Bonaparte’s experimentation with Voodoo in Part Two: Chapter VII?

6. Why does M. Lenormand de Mézy turn to religion in Part Two: Chapter V?

7. Where does Pauline go after her husband’s death in Part Two: Chapter VII? What happens to her sense of superstition?

8. What does the exposition reveal of Ti Noël’s circumstances in Part Three: Chapter I? How did Ti Noël gain freedom?

9. What changes are observed in Pauline Bonaparte’s behavior in Part Two: Chapter VII?

10. How is the slavery under King Henri Christophe described in Part Three: Chapter III?

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