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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. What will they be forever?
(a) Friends.
(b) Brothers and sisters.
(c) Spiritual friends.
(d) Haitians.

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

3. 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 family members.
(c) Their lost spiritual guides.
(d) Their lost African roots.

4. The spirit, __________, comes to her in a dream.
(a) Ageou.
(b) Ago.
(c) Auge.
(d) Ague.

5. In this chapter, Alourdes, Maggie, Karen, Big Daddy and Maggie's children arrive at Karen's new ______________ apartment in Manhattan.
(a) TriBeCa.
(b) West Village.
(c) Lower East Side.
(d) Chelsea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Back to the present time in the hospital, Maggie is undergoing a procedure where what must be dislodged?

2. Philo catches the black fever plaguing Haiti. During her recovery, Ageou visits Philo in a dream and tells her what?

3. _________________ is a white woman.

4. She was born by cesarean section weighing a record ______ pounds.

5. ______________ is an elusive creature of the deep sea, a siren.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alourdes' response regarding Catholic priests? What does this reveal about Haitians?

2. What are Philo's plans for Alourdes, prior to her birth? How does this plan change?

3. What is the purpose of the Ezili spirits?

4. What is one of the most important lessons learned about the practice of Vodou from reading this book? How is Karen's involvement in Mama Lola's story important to most readers of this book?

5. What is significant about Karen's marriage to Papa Danbala?

6. Why do the initiates do the answer to number 55 in the cemetery?

7. What similarity exists between Marie Claire and Maggie?

8. How does Philo feel about Alourdes? Why might she feel this way?

9. How do each of the four initiates handle the initiation rites? Who handles it the best?

10. Compare the focus on morality and sexuality in the Vodou culture as compared the many people in America? How do these differences affect many Americans' views of Vodou?

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