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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. Who is Blaise?
(a) Elsie's brother.
(b) Elsie's patient.
(c) Elsie's best friend.
(d) Elsie's ex-husband.

2. How many children do Maurice and his wife have together?
(a) 0.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

3. What does Anika notice is new about Thomas's appearance?
(a) He has a tan.
(b) He has an earring.
(c) He has on new shoes.
(d) He is wearing a hair piece.

4. What class does Anika teach at Miami Dade College?
(a) English.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Art History.
(d) Drawing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nadia's mother say to her after Nadia calls to say Maurice is dead?

2. Why had Nadia visited Miami previously?

3. Where does Nadia live?

4. What is Nadia doing at the start of "In the Old Days"?

5. Where was Anika on the day of the earthquake?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nadia describe her father's wife?

2. How does the narrator respond when Melisande tells her about her medical news?

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

4. What happens when Nadia gets to the house to see her father, in Section 2?

5. What happens between Dede and Elsie at the end of "Dosas"?

6. How does the chapter 'The Gift' get its name?

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

8. According to Blaise in Section 1, what happens to Olivia?

9. What does Dede reveal to Elsie about Blaise in "Dosas"?

10. Why does Nadia not know her father, in Section 2?

(see the answer keys)

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