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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: The Funeral Singer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Gabrielle Fonteneau’s profession?
(a) TV actress.
(b) Painter.
(c) Movie star.
(d) Accountant.

2. Why does Freda say she doodled in her notebook?
(a) To create figures to keep her company.
(b) To frighten herself.
(c) To act out the fights she could not have in reality.
(d) To take out her aggressions on someone.

3. Where does Eric take his wife on the bus?
(a) City Hall.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Brooklyn Heights.
(d) The Brooklyn Bridge.

4. What is the story about where Michel’s father was lost?
(a) In a fishing accident at sea.
(b) In an industrial accident.
(c) In something political.
(d) To illness.

5. Who are the people Aline wants to write about?
(a) Priests who hold the Haitian community together.
(b) The prison guards who traumatized Haitians.
(c) Haitians who hold the agony of Haitian experiences.
(d) Children of Haitians who were forced to flee Haiti.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Estina lose her eyesight?

2. How does Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?

3. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?

4. What does Denise Auguste bring Dany and his aunt?

5. What condition does Freda say her father was in when he came back after time in prison?

(see the answer key)

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