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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of light do Ifé and Sophie watch while they eat supper together?
(a) A light moving back and forth nearby.
(b) A light being switched on and off.
(c) The ligth of a plane.
(d) A light moving back and forth in the distance.

2. How do Sophie and her mother say goodbye to Atie and Ifé?
(a) They hug Atie and Ifé goodbye.
(b) They wave Atie and Ifé goodbye.
(c) They shake hands.
(d) They kiss Atie and Ifé goodbye.

3. Why does Sophie leave Joseph?
(a) Because they were not in love anymore.
(b) Because they hated each other.
(c) Because they were not connecting physically.
(d) Because they were connecting physically.

4. How many other girls are in the group with Sophie?
(a) Sophie is the only girl.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

5. What does Sophie offer her mother after she says she does not like being alone?
(a) She offers to take care of the baby.
(b) She offers to go back to Haiti.
(c) She offers to stay with her longer.
(d) She offers to take her mother with her.

6. What does Sophie do at the place she stops by after her second visit to her therapist?
(a) She drinks coffee by candlelight.
(b) She drinks tea by flashlight.
(c) She drinks tea by candlelight.
(d) She drinks cola by candlelight.

7. Why does Sophie not want to disturb Atie when she goes to bed?
(a) Because everything in Atie's room is rustling.
(b) Because Sophie is very tired.
(c) Because Atie asked her not ot disturb her.
(d) Because Sophie can't hear Atie.

8. What does Sophie think about when she goes to bed with Joseph the second night back from Haiti?
(a) She thinks about the Marassas.
(b) She thinks about another man.
(c) She thinks about her grandmother.
(d) She thinks about Henry Napoleon.

9. Why is Sophie's mother afraid being back at home?
(a) Because she is pregnant.
(b) Because Sophie is pregnant.
(c) Because she doesn't want to be with Marc anymore.
(d) Because she doesn't like New York.

10. What does Sophie need for her relationship with Joseph to work out?
(a) She needs understanding.
(b) She needs to eat more food.
(c) She needs an aphrodisiac.
(d) She needs another child.

11. When do the members of the group write the name of their abuser on a sheet of paper?
(a) Ten minutes into the meeting.
(b) At the beginning of the meeting.
(c) Never.
(d) At the end of the meeting.

12. Why is Atie upset after Louise sells the pig?
(a) Because Louise took Ifé's money and left the valley.
(b) Because Louise didn't want to take Ifé's money.
(c) Because Louise yelled at Atie.
(d) Because Louise took Ifé's money and went home.

13. What does Sophie say when her therapist asks her if she went to the spot where her mother was raped during the trip?
(a) That she ran past it.
(b) That she stopped by it.
(c) That she tried to go there.
(d) That she will never go there.

14. What does Sophie's grandmother tell Martine on a cassette?
(a) To worry about Sophie.
(b) To come visit.
(c) That Sophie will stay with her.
(d) Not to worry about Sophie.

15. What does Atie do instead of going to Louise's house?
(a) She sits on the porch with Sophie.
(b) She sits on the porch with Ifé.
(c) She sits on the porch with Louise.
(d) She sits on the porch with Martine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Sophie and her grandmother do after dinner when Atie leaves again?

2. What does Sophie's mother sing the evening they all have dinner at her house?

3. Who goes with Sophie to Port-au-Prince?

4. What did the stories of Martine and Atie's father do to them?

5. How does Ifé answer when Sophie asks why mothers test their children?

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