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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the narrator of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" go to graduate school?
(a) New York.
(b) Miami.
(c) California.
(d) Haiti.

2. What does Maurice's wife give Nadia to eat when she gets to Miami?
(a) Oxtail.
(b) Bread Soup.
(c) Brunch.
(d) Jerk Chicken.

3. Who is Wesley?
(a) The narrator's husband.
(b) Melisande's son.
(c) The narrator's son.
(d) Babette's brother.

4. What is Nadia doing at the start of "In the Old Days"?
(a) Grading essays.
(b) Watching T.V.
(c) Flying to Miami.
(d) Eating at her mother's restaurant.

5. How long has it been since Anika and Thomas have seen one another?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 7 months.
(d) 1 week.

6. What is Olivia wearing the night she meets Blaise?
(a) White blouse and black skirt.
(b) A Halloween costume.
(c) A bathing suit.
(d) Green-sequined cocktail dress.

7. Why are Thomas and his family in Haiti during the time of the earthquake?
(a) To baptize their daughter.
(b) To sell their house.
(c) To work on their marriage among family.
(d) To open a restaurant.

8. What meal does Gaspard request?
(a) Rice and peas.
(b) Palm of heart and avocado salad.
(c) Chicken soup.
(d) Stewed chicken.

9. What does Melisande learn about her first doctor?
(a) He contracted AIDS.
(b) He was a sex-offender.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) He was scamming her.

10. What book do Nadia's students write about?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Anne of Green Gables.
(d) The Stranger.

11. How old is Melisande?
(a) 21 or 22.
(b) 30 or 31.
(c) 17 or 16.
(d) 40 or 41.

12. How old is Wesley?
(a) 11 months.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 20 years.
(d) 18 years.

13. What does Thomas smell like when he and Anika meet up?
(a) Flowers.
(b) After shave.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Body odor.

14. What is one of Blaise's "many obsessions" (4)?
(a) Clean house.
(b) Clean clothes.
(c) Clean shaven.
(d) Clean fingernails.

15. How does Thomas respond to his panic attack in the restaurant?
(a) He screams at the waiter.
(b) He runs screaming out of the restaurant.
(c) He gets into a ball and cries.
(d) He pours water on his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the final scene of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" take place?

2. What does Olivia do the first night she meets Blaise?

3. Who is Xavier?

4. What did Nadia's father die from?

5. Who is Blaise?

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