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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 is the name of the small Haitian village where the story begins?
(a) Ouanamente.
(b) Croix-des-Rosets.
(c) Port-au-Prince.
(d) St. Croix.

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

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

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

5. In the story about the woman who stopped bleeding, who transforms the woman?
(a) Emily.
(b) Ursula.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Erzulie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?

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

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

4. Who is the woman that picks Sophie up also caring for?

5. Where does Tante Atie sit with Brigitte on her lap?

Short Essay Questions

1. One night, Sophie gets ready for bed and hears her grandmother dreaming. What does Sophie ask her daughter after she noticed the dreams of her grandmother?

2. Dessalines' death gets Sophie thinking about the Macoutes. What does she think about the Macoutes and how is that related to her mother?

3. Why do Sophie's mother and grandmother go to the notary together?

4. What does Atie do instead of going to Louise's house one night now that Sophie's mother is in town?

5. The night of the conversation between Sophie and her grandmother, Sophie's grandmother tells a story to a group of neighborhood boys. What is this story about?

6. What name does Sophie make up for her boyfriend and how does her mother react?

7. What does Sophie see after she bathes and changes the baby?

8. What do Louise and Sophie talk about when Sophie gets out of the van and sees Louise?

9. What happens when an older Sophie first arrives at her grandmother's house?

10. What did Atie and her sister Martine do in Port-au-Prince when they were young?

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