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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sebastien visit Amabelle now that he is dead?
(a) In her dreams
(b) In the faces of children
(c) In her work
(d) In Yves' face

2. What does Amabelle do for several days after arriving at the clinic?
(a) Search for Sebastien
(b) Sleep
(c) Cry
(d) Suffer in pain

3. Who stays with Rafi's body during the night after the wake?
(a) Juana
(b) Senor Pico
(c) Senora Valencia
(d) Amabelle

4. What has happened to Yves' farm over the years since he has returned to Haiti?
(a) It has become the number one producer of beans
(b) It has grown and prospered
(c) It failed forcing him to find other work
(d) It has gone through both prosperous and difficult periods

5. When Amabelle and Yves come upon an oxen cart stuck in the mud, what do they notice the cart is filled with?
(a) Soldiers
(b) Weapons
(c) Bodies
(d) Vegetables

6. Which of the following is NOT a detail Juana tells Senora Valencia about her mother?
(a) She was once shy, but became bolder when she got married
(b) She died giving birth to Senora Valencia
(c) She was a kind, gentle woman
(d) She treated Juana and Luis like friends

7. Why did Man Rapadou kill her husband?
(a) He was cheating on her
(b) He was abusive and cruel to her and the children
(c) He refused to work for a living
(d) He was planning on becoming a spy

8. How do the residents of Cap Haitien react when they receive news of Trujillo's death?
(a) They mourn the great leader's death
(b) They grow anxious about who will be the next leader of the nation
(c) They celebrate in the streets
(d) They celebrate in private for fear of being arrested

9. Who does Papi go to visit when he takes a walk to escape Senor Pico?
(a) Kongo
(b) Sebastien
(c) Dr. Javier
(d) Amabelle

10. Why does Amabelle repeat Sebastien's name over and over?
(a) To purge his image from her memory
(b) To keep his memory alive
(c) To let him know she is looking for him
(d) To try and resurrect him from the dead

11. According to a nun at the clinic, who has been asking about Amabelle?
(a) Dr. Javier
(b) Sebastien
(c) Juana
(d) Yves

12. What information does Yves give Amabelle that makes her hopeful Sebastien and Mimi were able to cross the river?
(a) Yves has left directions for them at each stop on the river
(b) The water level in the river has dropped
(c) The massacre of Haitians by the Dominicans has stopped
(d) Many people are crossing the river everyday now

13. Where do Yves and Amabelle plan to go when they leave the clinic?
(a) Sebastien's mother's house
(b) Amabelle's family land
(c) Yves' mother's house
(d) Back to Alegria to look for Sebastien and Mimi

14. What warning does Dr. Javier bring to Amabelle?
(a) She must leave immediately because Haitian immigrants are being killed
(b) She must leave immediately because Senor Pico is planning to have her killed
(c) Sebastien is wanted by the militia
(d) All Haitian immigrants are being deported

15. What do the refugees see in a picture of the Haitian president that angers them?
(a) A congratulatory letter from the Generalissimo
(b) A Dominican flag
(c) A medal given to him by the Generalissimo to symbolize the friendship between their countries
(d) A portrait of the Generalissimo hanging behind the president

Short Answer Questions

1. What shocks Amabelle about Man Rapadou's storytelling?

2. What does Senora Valencia ask Juana to do to soothe her into sleep?

3. Why does Wilner discourage the travelers from lighting fires?

4. What does a woman in Cap Haitian give Amabelle to help ease her pain?

5. What torture does Tibon escape that many other Haitian immigrants did not?

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