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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Atie say she sometimes writes?
(a) Prose.
(b) Letters.
(c) Articles.
(d) Poems.

2. What is the name of Sophie's daughter?
(a) Beatrix.
(b) Bernadette.
(c) Brigitte.
(d) Ingrid.

3. What is Atie like, according to Ifé?
(a) Atie is dumb.
(b) Atie is like a devil.
(c) Atie is like a maker.
(d) Atie is like an angel.

4. What does Grandma Ifé talk about on the way back from the market?
(a) About the village people.
(b) About Brigitte.
(c) About Sophie's recent behavior.
(d) About Atie's recent behavior.

5. Where does Tante Atie sit with Brigitte on her lap?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) On her bed.
(c) On the rocker.
(d) On a chair.

6. Where at her grandmother's house does Sophie drop her suitcase?
(a) On the road.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) On the porch.
(d) In the yard.

7. How old is Joseph when Sophie meets him?
(a) 30 years old.
(b) 21 years old.
(c) 18 years old.
(d) 33 years old.

8. Which color do Sophie and her mother love?
(a) Orange.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

9. What time is it when Sophie comes home one night and finds her mother waiting for her?
(a) 4 AM.
(b) 2 AM.
(c) 3 AM.
(d) Midnight.

10. Where is the item that arrives for the family the day an outsider joins supper?
(a) At the post.
(b) At Louise's place.
(c) At the bank.
(d) At the neighbor's house.

11. What does Joseph say when Sophie doesn't answer the question he asks her?
(a) To sleep on it.
(b) To tell her mother.
(c) Whether she loves him.
(d) To forget about it.

12. What does the new supper guest bring as a gift?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) A pig.
(d) A goat.

13. Why does Sophie give her daughter the middle name Ifé?
(a) After her aunt.
(b) After her mother.
(c) After herself.
(d) After her grandmother.

14. What does Ifé do when a boy wanders into the yard?
(a) Ifé yells at the boy.
(b) Ifé gives the boy water.
(c) Ifé tells the boy a story.
(d) Ifé gives the boy food.

15. How old is Sophie when she meets Joseph?
(a) 18 years old.
(b) 19 years old.
(c) 21 years old.
(d) 16 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sophie retrieve her daughter after noticing the statue of Erzulie?

2. Where does Sophie keep her own pictures?

3. When Sophie gets ready for bed her first night in the United States, what does she hand her mother?

4. What does Sophie drink during the potluck dinner for which Atie has been preparing food all day?

5. What is Atie doing in the yard later that night when she comes home?

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