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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 & 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Catherine say is the most important part of a face?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The eyebrows.
(c) The mouth.
(d) The nose.

2. What is Catherine’s demeanor toward Princesse?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Patient.
(c) Brusque.
(d) Commanding.

3. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?
(a) She goes barefoot.
(b) She takes food.
(c) She takes extra clothing.
(d) She shaves her head.

4. How does the narrator characterize the old man?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Pathetic.
(c) Deformed.
(d) Handsome.

5. What do the prison guards suspect the girl’s mother of being?
(a) A terrorist.
(b) A spy.
(c) A provocateur.
(d) A witch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Princesse’s involvement with the cock fight?

2. What is the narrator’s relationship with the groundskeeper?

3. Where does the girl visit her mother?

4. What is the literary term for the brief scene at the end of Seeing Things Simply?

5. What is the narrator waiting for at the end of Between the Pool and the Gardenias?

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