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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emilie give to Lamort, for posterity?
(a) Her mother’s photograph.
(b) Her mother’s letters.
(c) Her mother’s name.
(d) Her mother’s pieces of cloth.

2. What is the old man like, who is watching the cock fight?
(a) An American.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A Cuban.
(d) A drunk.

3. What regime does Lamort say she supports?
(a) The new regime.
(b) The ancient regime.
(c) God’s regime.
(d) The old regime.

4. What does Princesse feel about her body?
(a) Unimpressed.
(b) Delighted.
(c) Vein.
(d) Ashamed.

5. In what situation does Catherine hope to paint Princesse one day?
(a) While she is sleeping.
(b) On the beach.
(c) In the city.
(d) In the palace.

6. How does Emilie say she became a woman last night?
(a) She lost her hopes.
(b) She lost her mother.
(c) She lost her virginity.
(d) She lost her innocence.

7. How does the reader learn that the baby the narrator has found is dead?
(a) When it begins to turn black.
(b) When its skin tears without bleeding.
(c) When it begins to attract flies.
(d) When it the groundskeeper finds it.

8. What is Princesse’s involvement with the cock fight?
(a) She is watching it.
(b) She is collecting someone from it.
(c) She is walking past it.
(d) She is betting on it.

9. What would the narrator of Night Women like her son to forget about the place where they live?
(a) That they have nothing there.
(b) That they could be driven out at any minute.
(c) That everything they had was taken.
(d) That nothing lasts there.

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

11. What does the narrator say she feels about night-time?
(a) Tenderness.
(b) Longing.
(c) Dread.
(d) Affection.

12. What condition does Lamort impose on Raymond’s request to touch her breasts?
(a) He has to give her money.
(b) He has to tell her a secret.
(c) He has to tell her a story.
(d) He has to get her out of this town.

13. Where does the narrator of New York Day Women work?
(a) The law.
(b) Import/export.
(c) Fashion design.
(d) Advertising.

14. Where is Catherine from?
(a) Guadeloupe.
(b) New York.
(c) Port-au-Prince.
(d) Paris.

15. What happens when the narrator takes the baby with her to the market?
(a) People accuse her of stealing the baby.
(b) People want to know who the father is.
(c) No one notices.
(d) People accuse her of killing the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of Night Women wear to tempt her suitors?

2. What is remarkable about Catherine’s sunbathing?

3. What does the daughter do with the clothing her mother buys her?

4. What did Emilie’s mother do before she was killed?

5. What happens when Emilie shows Lamort a photo of her (Emilie’s) mother?

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