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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What name does Sophie give her mother for the man she likes?
(a) Henry Navarette.
(b) Harry Navarette.
(c) Henry Napoleon.
(d) Harry Napoleon.

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

6. What is Atie doing in the yard later that night when she comes home?
(a) Giggling.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Making love.

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

8. What poem does Atie read before she leaves the house for the night?
(a) One of her own poems.
(b) A poem Sophie wrote for her mother recently.
(c) A poem she read in a newspaper.
(d) The poem Sophie wrote on a Mother's Day card years earlier.

9. Who picks Sophie up at the airport in the United States?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

10. When was the picture taken of Sophie and Joseph that Sophie looks at?
(a) Before their wedding day.
(b) On the day Sophie left.
(c) When they first met.
(d) On their wedding day.

11. What life form does the woman in the story Sophie heard take on in order to stop bleeding?
(a) A fly.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A butter flower.
(d) A bird.

12. How is chagrin treated?
(a) With antibiotics.
(b) By eating a special herb.
(c) By drinking a special tea.
(d) By drinking honey.

13. Why does Sophie have sex with Joseph on their wedding night?
(a) Because she feels like she owes it to him.
(b) Because he asks her to.
(c) Because she thinks she might like it.
(d) Because she is drunk.

14. What does Sophie's mother do after waiting for Sophie to come home?
(a) She plays a joke on Sophie.
(b) She kicks Sophie.
(c) She tests Sophie.
(d) She hits Sophie.

15. Why does Sophie get up early in the morning in Chapter 16?
(a) To watch the village.
(b) To bathe.
(c) To watch the sun rise.
(d) To eat an early breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sophie's mother's night job?

2. What does Sophie's aunt learn to do while Sophie is away?

3. What does Sophie say when her mother asks to meet the man whose name Sophie made up?

4. Why does Sophie give her daughter the middle name Ifé?

5. What does Atie ask Sophie and her mother to do after the family sees the package?

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