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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound always makes Sebastien homesick?
(a) Mockingbirds singing
(b) Amabelle's voice
(c) Pigeons cooing
(d) Sugar cane stalks being cut

2. What does Pico do as soon as he arrives home?
(a) He asks Amabelle to make him dinner
(b) He rushes to see Valencia and his children
(c) He bathes and changes his clothes
(d) He rushes to see Papi

3. How have Sebastien's hands become scarred?
(a) Building his home
(b) Cutting sugar cane stalks
(c) Escaping from the Dominican Republic
(d) Working in the sugar factory

4. What does the narrator fear will happen if Sebastien leaves her alone?
(a) She will be unable to sleep
(b) She will be attacked
(c) She will be lonely
(d) She will cease to exist

5. What does Papi listen to on the radio at night?
(a) News of the Spanish civil war
(b) News of the Dominican war for independence
(c) Spanish music
(d) Political speeches

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amabelle say she admired most about her mother?

2. Which of the following is NOT a part of the Dominican coat of arms?

3. Senora Valencia's last statement to Amabelle can be seen as an example of...

4. Where are Sebastien and Amabelle from originally?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways the narrator characterizes Sebastien?

(see the answer key)

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