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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 upsets Bobby about the nighttime?
(a) His inability to sleep.
(b) His nightmares.
(c) The silence.
(d) Clare's sleep talking.

2. What does the woman in "Chapter 7" call the items in her pocket?
(a) Grave dirt.
(b) People poison.
(c) Soul dust.
(d) Life crumbs.

3. How does Clare end up with the deed to Miss Mattie's land?
(a) She went to the government.
(b) Harry/Harriet forged one for her.
(c) Her aunt and uncle left it to her after they moved.
(d) She found it in her mother's old house.

4. Where does Harry/Harriet say he was sent after his rape?
(a) To Mexico.
(b) To Florida.
(c) To the capital.
(d) To the Dungle.

5. What does Clare do, at the end of "Chapter 10"?
(a) Leaves with Harry/Harriet.
(b) Wakes up.
(c) Begins to cry.
(d) Shakes the interviewers hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the woman emit flames, in "Chapter 7"?

2. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare tell the interviewer she has been doing since returning to Jamaica?

3. What does Clare do with her mother's old school books when she finds them, in "Chapter 11"?

4. When Harry/Harriet visits Clare in the hospital in "Chapter 8," what big news does she share?

5. In "Chapter 6," what group of people is killed in Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clare search Paris, in "Chapter 8"?

2. What happens to Christopher after murdering Paul and his family?

3. Why are there Americans in Jamaica, in "Chapter 11"?

4. What do Clare and Harry/Harriet do during her visit to Jamaica?

5. What types of questions does the interviewer ask Clare?

6. In "Chapter 6," what does Harry/Harriet write to Clare?

7. What does Clare do with her friend Liz, in "Chapter 5"?

8. In "Chapter 5," what makes Clare decide to visit Jamaica?

9. In "Chapter 8," what does the doctor tell Clare?

10. What does Clare realize about Liz after they visit, in "Chapter 5"?

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