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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Night Talkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has made the Cenegal nightclub famous since the days when Eric and Dany used to go there?
(a) The new DJ.
(b) The police attack on Amadou Diallo.
(c) The police attack on Abner Louima.
(d) The police attack on Patrick Dorismond.

2. How does Ka’s father explain why he had to destroy the sculpture of himself?
(a) He was not a prisoner.
(b) He cannot allow someone else to own a piece of his soul.
(c) His sufferings were never noble.
(d) He cannot let the humiliation he suffered continue to exist.

3. Why does Ka say she wished her father would never stop smiling?
(a) Because he could be vicious when he was not smiling.
(b) Because his smile hid his scar.
(c) Because he smiled so rarely.
(d) Because he was so beautiful when he smiled.

4. What does Ka’s father leave the Fonteneaus’ house with?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fruits from their garden.
(c) Fish from their lake.
(d) Lemongrass.

5. Where is Anne’s husband’s barber shop?
(a) In an African community.
(b) In a big neighborhood of mixed races.
(c) In an almost all-white community.
(d) In the middle of the Haitian community.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many microcassettes with Eric’s messages has Nadine added to her altar?

2. Why does Estina call for Claude to meet Dany?

3. What are Nadine’s parents delighted to report having seen outside their house?

4. What is Dany’s relationship with Tante Estina?

5. Where does Nadine live?

(see the answer key)

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