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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8 - Ezili.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sina decide to "give" Philo, her baby, to Madame Fouchard?
(a) Sina knows that a single mother raising three children will not be able to provide a very good life for them.
(b) Sina does not like Philo.
(c) Sina knows that Madame Fouchard has control over her.
(d) Sina needs the money Madame Fouchard gives her for taking in Philo.

2. Most of the compound's women have made the long journey down the mountain to what?
(a) The town hall.
(b) The market.
(c) The mall.
(d) The school.

3. While power liberates, it also can do what to those who wield it?
(a) Spread their power.
(b) Betray and destroy.
(c) Increase their power.
(d) Encourage them to do good with their power.

4. What does Philo realize?
(a) She must ignore the spirits.
(b) She must return to New York.
(c) She must serve the spirits and take up her mother's legacy.
(d) She misses Luc.

5. When Karen arrives, where does she find Mama Lola?
(a) In the kitchen cooking.
(b) In a trance.
(c) Slumped against the table.
(d) Asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what town does the story take place?

2. For how long do the ceremonies go on?

3. Sina realizes that Macena will not leave the family compound, so she and her eldest daughter, Gloria, decide to do what?

4. McCarthy Brown recounts in this chapter a trip she and Alourdes make together in ________ to Haiti.

5. Mama Lola takes the ________ like her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

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