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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. How long were Elsie and Blaise married for?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 12 years.

2. Where is Anika when she begins to miscarry?
(a) Teaching at Miami Dade College.
(b) Out to dinner with friends.
(c) Thomas's apartment.
(d) Her apartment.

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

4. Who has an outstanding bill at the hotel in "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?
(a) Xavier.
(b) A senator.
(c) Melisande and her mother.
(d) All the refugees they house at the hotel.

5. Where does Elsie live?
(a) Miami.
(b) Austin.
(c) New York.
(d) Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does Anika teach at Miami Dade College?

2. How old is Wesley?

3. How old was Thomas when he moved to New York from Haiti?

4. What has Anika started sketching?

5. What painting is above Nadia's table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Canadian doctor who Melisande goes to first concerned about Melisande?

2. What is Elsie's job in Section 1? Does she like it?

3. What is Nadia's "spot" and how does she describe it in Section 2?

4. How does the chapter get it's name, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?

5. What does the female Haitian doctor tell the narrator and Melisande?

6. How does the earthquake in Haiti impact Thomas's life?

7. How does Elsie describe Olivia when she first meets and becomes friends with her in Section 1?

8. What does Anika do after she learns about the earthquake in Haiti?

9. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

10. What events lead up to Thomas and Anika pouring water on their heads?

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