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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 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) 8
(b) 2
(c) 12
(d) 5

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

3. 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 rat
(d) A monkey

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

5. What slave does Pauline Bonaparte solicit as a masseuse in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Ti Noel
(b) Soliman
(c) Macandal
(d) Bouckman

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Three: Chapter II, Ti Noël walks for several days before finding what hideout of Macandal’s?

2. The statue or Mary is described as being what in Part Three: Chapter II?

3. Pauline Bonaparte is described by the narrator as reveling in what during her voyage in Part Two: Chapter VI?

4. What is the title of Part Three: Chapter VI?

5. How much time has passed with King Henri Christophe in bed in the beginning of Part Three: Chapter VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ti Noël’s former plantation described in Part Three: Chapter II?

2. What supernatural occurrence is described in Part Three: Chapter V?

3. 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?

4. What prisoner is described in the Archbishop's Palace in Part Three: Chapter IV? Why is he imprisoned?

5. How is Santo Domingo described after Pauline Bonaparte’s departure in Part Two: Chapter VII?

6. How is Pauline Bonaparte described in Part Two: Chapter VI? Where is she traveling?

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

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

9. Where does Pauline Bonaparte go after the plague begins spreading in Part Two: Chapter VII? Who goes with her?

10. Where does Ti Noël escape to in Part Three: Chapter IV? Why does he return to the Cap?

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