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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mauvant dresses and assumes his usual post where?
(a) Beneath the cottonsilk tree.
(b) Outside the general store.
(c) On his porch.
(d) In the center square.

2. The compound is a grouping of huts for whom?
(a) The children of the community.
(b) All the families in town.
(c) The Mauvant family's grown children and their children as well.
(d) The leaders of the community.

3. The capital earned by this career gives her leverage over what?
(a) The wealthy.
(b) Other women.
(c) Those who are not a part of the culture.
(d) An otherwise male-dominated culture.

4. Where is this town located?
(a) In the southeast corner of Haiti.
(b) In the northwest corner of Haiti.
(c) In the southwest corner of Haiti.
(d) In the northeast corner of Haiti.

5. Mama Lola is throwing Azaka _______________ party, as she must every year.
(a) An anniversary.
(b) A birthday.
(c) A pizza.
(d) A surprise.

Short Answer Questions

1. While power liberates, it also can do what to those who wield it?

2. What warrior lesson does Karen learn?

3. Why does Alourdes do this for Karen?

4. Philo meets a man named Luc Charles with whom she bears a child named ______________.

5. What does she learn from her sister-in-law?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sets Alourdes further apart from the poor Haitians?

2. How do you feel about Karen marrying Ogou? How does this marriage change the path of Karen's life? What does this also teach her?

3. How is the legend of Joseph Binbin Mauvant important?

4. What is it like being a manbo? How does Alourdes feel about this?

5. What does Sina's character reveal about women in this culture? How do the women compare to the men?

6. How does this similarity relate to their decision to take up the ason and serve the spirits?

7. What contrast is discussed in this chapter? Describe this contrast.

8. What does this chapter reveal about the Mauvant family and life in Haiti and in the Mauvant family compound?

9. Describe Karen's understanding of Alourdes' "Queen Bee" behavior.

10. How might oral traditions be difficult for the reader?

(see the answer keys)

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