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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two sisters talk about after Atie decides not to go to Louise's house?
(a) About their relationship with men.
(b) About their relationship with their parents.
(c) About their relationship with their children.
(d) About their relationship with each other.

2. Who is worried about Sophie, according to Sophie's mother?
(a) Atie.
(b) Louise.
(c) Joseph.
(d) The neighbor.

3. How does Ifé answer when Sophie asks why mothers test their children?
(a) Thet a mother is responsible for her daughter's purity.
(b) That a mother is supposed to hurt her daughter.
(c) That she never tested her children.
(d) That a mother is obliged to do it by her husband.

4. Where does Sophie sit the morning after Dessalines is killed?
(a) In the yard.
(b) On her bed.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the porch.

5. Where do Ifé and Sophie eat their dinner when Tante Atie does not come home for supper?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) Outside on the porch.
(c) Outside in the yard.
(d) By the neighbors.

6. Where is Sophie's mother when Sophie calls the sender of the message back and asks where her mother is?
(a) In the morgue.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In a nursery room.
(d) At the doctor.

7. What does Atie call her life during a talk with Sophie while feeding the pig?
(a) Empty.
(b) Boring.
(c) Funny.
(d) Exciting.

8. Where does Sophie's mother kiss Sophie when she arrives at her mother's house?
(a) On the cheek.
(b) On the lips.
(c) On the forehead.
(d) On the shoulder.

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

10. Why does Atie think she was a fool, while she is standing in her room talking to Sophie?
(a) Because Atie thought Louise was going to stay near her forever.
(b) Because Atie thought Louise was her friend.
(c) Because Atie thought Louise was married.
(d) Because Atie thought Louise was not her friend.

11. What does Sophie tell her therapist when she goes back to see her?
(a) That she is worried about her appetite.
(b) That she is worried about her daughter.
(c) That she is worried about her mother.
(d) That she is worried about her health.

12. Who makes dinner the night Atie comes back home?
(a) Atie.
(b) Grandme.
(c) Louise.
(d) Sophie.

13. What happens to Sophie's mother each time she thinks about having the baby taken out?
(a) She cannot breathe.
(b) She cannot sleep.
(c) She cannot eat.
(d) She cannot bathe.

14. Who goes with Sophie to Port-au-Prince?
(a) Sophie's grandmother.
(b) Sophie's aunt.
(c) Sophie's mother.
(d) Louise.

15. What is Sophie watching the morning after Dessalines is killed?
(a) A rainbow.
(b) A pig.
(c) A flock of birds.
(d) Rainbow butterflies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the therapist suggest the unborn child is proof of?

2. What does Sophie hope when she looks back at her daughter sleeping in the back seat?

3. What did Atie used to call the hill in the distance?

4. How do Marc and Sophie's mother behave over dinner?

5. Why is Atie upset after Louise sells the pig?

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