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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the narrator prefer her shadow to other children?
(a) Her shadow never refuses to play the games she wants to play
(b) Her shadow cannot talk to her as other children can
(c) Her shadow cannot leave her alone
(d) Her shadow makes her feel less lonely than other children

3. What does Amabelle say she does more than her mother did?
(a) Work
(b) Smile
(c) Laugh
(d) Think

4. What does Papi raise as his hobby?
(a) Roses
(b) Chickens
(c) Orchids
(d) Goats

5. How did Amabelle come to work for Senora Valencia's family?
(a) They found her at the river after her parents died
(b) They adopted her after her parents died
(c) The river rats sold her to Senora Valencia's family
(d) She and Sebastien both applied for jobs at their farm

6. Why does Senora Valencia ask Pico to bring Amabelle to her the evening after the birth of her children?
(a) She wants to thank her for helping her give birth
(b) She wants to ask her for help taking care of the children
(c) She wants to ask her to stay in the house for the night
(d) She wants her to bathe the children

7. How long has Sebastien been working as sugar cane worker?
(a) 1 year
(b) 14 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 4 years

8. What did Amabelle's family cross the river to buy on the day they were killed?
(a) Vegetables
(b) A cooking pot
(c) A stove
(d) Healing herbs

9. Who is Senora Valencia's husband named after?
(a) The Generalissimo
(b) The president of the Dominican Republic
(c) A mountain
(d) A leader in the Dominican independence movement

10. Why does Senora Valencia ask Amabelle to light a candle after the babies are born?
(a) It is now night
(b) To honor the Virgin Mary
(c) To be able to see the children better
(d) To alert her husband that the babies have arrived

11. Why is Senora Valencia surprised when the first baby is born?
(a) She wanted Dr. Javier to deliver the baby
(b) It is a boy and she expected to have a girl
(c) The baby's skin color is much darker than her own
(d) It is a girl and she expected to have a boy

12. Why is Amabelle concerned about leaving Senora Valencia alone during childbirth?
(a) She doesn't want Senora to feel lonely
(b) She is concerned Senora will die
(c) She doesn't want her to have to push the baby out alone
(d) She is afraid Papi will become angry with her

13. What is the "farming of the bones"?
(a) Burying the dead
(b) Sugar cane harvesting
(c) Coffee harvesting
(d) Milling sugar

14. Where did Amabelle often sleep when she was a young girl?
(a) In a room with Juana, the housemaid
(b) Outside of Senora Valencia's room
(c) With Senora Valencia in her canopy bed
(d) On a cot in Senora Valencia's room

15. What is wrong with Senora Valencia's daughter when she is born?
(a) The umbilical cord is wrapped around her neck
(b) She is small
(c) She is unable to breathe
(d) She cannot open her eyes

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator say she has never seen Sebastien do?

3. What quality does Amabelle tell Sebastien she loved most in her father?

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

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

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