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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 Lamort’s grandmother rub her body with?
(a) Rosemary.
(b) Lemon.
(c) Mint leaves.
(d) Hibiscus flowers.

2. Why does Lamort say she cannot have sex with Raymond?
(a) Because he would not marry her.
(b) Because she might have a baby.
(c) Because she would be killed.
(d) Because she would be thrown out of her house.

3. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?
(a) That the river will rise against the Dominican Republic.
(b) That a massacre will never happen again.
(c) That there will be revenge for the soldiers who massacred Haitians.
(d) That her mother’s flight will be joyful.

4. What secret does the girl’s mother reveal to her?
(a) How to make a bone soup.
(b) How she escaped from the Dominican Republic.
(c) How to make the Madonna cry.
(d) How she became pregnant with her.

5. What terrifies Lili?
(a) Militiamen coming for them.
(b) The thought of her son performing.
(c) The thought of the mill closing.
(d) Snakes and insects in the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the song, the lyric says that the singer had to leave Haiti before what happened?

2. How old was the girl when her mother took her on a pilgrimage to the Massacre River?

3. Why did Guy and Lili keep their son close to them at the sugar mill?

4. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?

5. What effect does the boy’s speech have on Guy and Lili?

(see the answer key)

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