2. Philo discovers she is pregnant and does everything she can think of to miscarry, as another mouth to feed is the last thing she needs. The spirit __________________ comes to her in a dream and tells her to stop trying to kill her baby.
(a) Lady of Lourdes.
(b) Lady of the Sea.
(c) Lady of Guadeloupe.
(d) Lady of the Snows.

3. All four successfully survive the initiation. The story jumps to some years later in Alourdes' Brooklyn basement where the three surviving siblings of the initiation are doing what?
(a) Missing Maggie, who is killed in the spring of 1987.
(b) Missing Mimose, who is killed in the spring of 1987.
(c) Missing May, who is killed in the spring of 1987.
(d) Missing Miracle, who is killed in the spring of 1987.

4. How do they know this illness is a sure sign of illness caused by the spirits?
(a) It is something the doctors are unable to properly diagnose or cure.
(b) It is a rare illness.
(c) It continues to get worse with medical care.
(d) It has come upon her suddenly.

5. According to the Vodou philosophy, the world is a precarious place, and it is naïve to think what?
(a) That one can navigate their life without God.
(b) That one can navigate their life without family.
(c) That one can navigate their life without the labor required to usher in good luck and stave off bad luck.
(d) That one can navigate their life without money.

6. When he finds her, she repeatedly refuses service to him. Why?
(a) She does not want to help him.
(b) She does not believe she is capable of helping him.
(c) She does not trust him.
(d) The spirits have not come to her to explain how to treat the boy.

7. In the year ___________, both Maggie and Alourdes are confronted with the question--who are my people?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1982.

8. The litany of spirits and the litany of ancestral rite would be impossible to maintain in the realm of _________________ where the human and the divine are forbidden to mix.
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Religion.

9. Each of these women represents a generational link in a chain that, if broken, will cause what to happen to future generations?
(a) They will lose their ancestral stories and their deepest connections to who they are.
(b) They will lose all power.
(c) They will leave Haiti.
(d) They will die.

10. We learn that the main focus of Alourdes' healing energy is directed at what?
(a) The spirits on the land.
(b) Her family.
(c) The people who live on this land.
(d) The deeper issues that are uncovered during the course of her treatment.

11. What does Philo not want to do?
(a) Put a curse on others.
(b) Help others.
(c) Take on the responsibility.
(d) Leave Haiti.

12. He represents the idea that Haitians must connect to what, while shedding their skin and recreating themselves as needed?
(a) Their lost culture.
(b) Their lost African roots.
(c) Their lost spiritual guides.
(d) Their lost family members.

13. ______________ is the mother, the one who bears the children.
(a) Ezili Lasyrenn.
(b) Ezili Freda.
(c) Ezili Danto.
(d) Ezili Asrial.

14. What does Alourdes ask Karen?
(a) If she would like to sponsor those going to be initiated.
(b) If she would like to undergo the ritual initiation as well.
(c) If she would like to research initiation.
(d) If she would like to watch the ritual initiation.

15. This spirit goes absolutely wildly out of control at the sight of ______________.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Blood.
(c) Children.
(d) Food.