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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. For Karen, the trip is largely in the name of ____________.
(a) Relaxing.
(b) Spending time with family.
(c) Making friends.
(d) Research.

2. McCarthy Brown recounts in this chapter a trip she and Alourdes make together in ________ to Haiti.
(a) 1981.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1983.

3. What is a "met tet?"
(a) A grocery store.
(b) A beaded rattle.
(c) A Mets fan.
(d) Master of her head.

4. The spirits will do what if should she neglect them?
(a) Ignore her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Not work for her.
(d) Help her.

5. What does Mauvant regularly do?
(a) He tells stories.
(b) He talks to the spirits.
(c) He sleeps.
(d) He sits sipping his special rum mixture and doling out medicine and advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Alourdes, it is a journey long overdue to do what?

2. Who is Manman Marasa?

3. The relationship between Sina and Alphonse Macena does not last long. Why?

4. According to legend, she is so ______________ that he almost faints the first time he sees her.

5. Why is Azaka mad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author say is the purpose of every other chapter in the book? What does this reveal about the author's role in writing these chapters?

2. Compare Azaka to Joseph Binbin Mauvant.

3. How does one feel regarding Karen? Is it easy to sympathize with her? Why or why not?

4. How does this culture affect men like Macena? How is Sina finally able to escape him? How does this lead to a change in her life?

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

6. Why is oral tradition important in this culture?

7. What is Alourdes' purpose for arranging the 'manje pov?'

8. What other imagery is used in this chapter? How does it affect the reader? What message does this imagery send?

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

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

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