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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Guy’s hairline supposed to indicate about him?
(a) That his life will be troubled.
(b) That he is lucky.
(c) That he will be wealthy.
(d) That he is not indigenous.

2. What does the narrator say the baby smelled like?
(a) Madame’s cooking.
(b) The department stores.
(c) Madame’s perfumes.
(d) The house she grew up in.

3. Why does the girl say she does not leave the house?
(a) Because the macoutes are always watching.
(b) Because she cannot go anywhere.
(c) Because none of the shops are open anyway.
(d) Because there is too much violence in the streets.

4. Who does the girl say is her most trusted friend at Ville Rose?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her pen and paper.
(d) The banyan tree.

5. Who does Boukman see in the wall of fire that rises?
(a) The faces of the government soldiers.
(b) The bodies of the slaveholders.
(c) The bones of his ancestors.
(d) The teeth of his enemies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the prison used for before it was a prison?

2. What does the narrator compare Guy’s admiration for the hot-air balloon to?

3. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?

4. What has the girl’s manman buried behind the house?

5. When was the Massacre River massacre?

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