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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the girl say her father regrets?
(a) Being mean to the boy.
(b) Keeping her from going with the boy.
(c) Letting her marry the boy.
(d) Ever letting her go to school.

3. What does the boy say he is glad his boat is not full of?
(a) Old people.
(b) Pregnant women.
(c) Children.
(d) Cubans.

4. Who is the first narrator of Children of the Sea?
(a) A lover.
(b) A father.
(c) A sailor.
(d) A farmer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the narrator writing from?

3. Whose baby does the girl give birth to on the boat?

4. Who does the boy dream of?

5. What does one of the mothers come home with, when she visits the prison where the ‘radio six’ are kept?

(see the answer key)

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