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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. What does Pauline Bonaparte begin to superstitiously avoid stepping on in Part Two: Chapter VII?
(a) Broken mirrors
(b) Shadows
(c) Black cats
(d) Cracks in the tiles

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

3. Pauline Bonaparte’s world is interrupted when who coughs up blood and collapses in Part Two: Chapter VI?
(a) Her masseuse
(b) Her hairdresser
(c) Her daughter
(d) Her husband

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

5. Where are Queen Marie-Louise and her family in Part Four: Chapter I?
(a) London
(b) Rome
(c) Berlin
(d) Paris

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

3. Where are Ti Noël and the other slaves kept on the ship during the voyage in Part Two: Chapter V?

4. What is the name of Pauline Bonaparte’s husband?

5. What is Part Three: Chapter IV’s title?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes King Henri Christophe’s suicide in Part Three: Chapter VI?

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

5. How does Ti Noël become enslaved again in Part Three: Chapter II?

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

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

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

9. How is King Henri Christophe’s behavior described in Part Three: Chapter III?

10. What are Ti Noël’s first impressions of Santo Domingo in Part Three: Chapter I?

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