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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompted Sebastien to leave Haiti?
(a) He wanted to marry Amabelle
(b) The war between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
(c) A hurricane that destroyed his family's property and killed his father
(d) A tornado that destroyed his family's property and killed his father

2. What is unusual about Beatriz?
(a) She only speaks Latin to herself
(b) She visits patients with Dr. Javier
(c) She is Dr. Javier's only sister
(d) She visits Senora Valencia even though she is married to Pico

3. Who does Sebastien ask Amabelle about in Chapter 3?
(a) Her mother
(b) Herself
(c) Her father
(d) Senora Valencia

4. Why does Sebastien insist on remaining in the dark while with the narrator?
(a) He wants her to learn to trust him even when she cannot see him
(b) He doesn't want the neighbors to know he is there
(c) He wants her to know only his voice
(d) He is embarrassed by the scars on his hands and face

5. Why was Amabelle jealous of the people her father helped?
(a) He was kinder to those people than to his daughter
(b) They received more of his time than his daughter did
(c) They received more of his money than his family did
(d) Her father loved them more than he loved her

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?

2. Who does Juana insist Papi take with him when he goes to notify Pico of the children's births?

3. Why does Sebastien tell of his father's death using third person narration?

4. Why does Sebastien insist that the narrator take off her uniform?

5. What position does Pico hope to hold one day?

(see the answer key)

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