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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 advice had Aline’s boss given her for this interview?
(a) Do not get too cozy with the natives.
(b) Ask smart questions.
(c) Let her subject get comfortable and talk.
(d) Notice everything.

2. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?
(a) A sailor famous for his exploits.
(b) A politician who was taken by the macoutes.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A fisherman who got lost at sea.

3. Where is Fonteneau visiting her parents, that Ka is bringing her the sculpture?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) St. Augustine.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Tampa.

4. Where does Freda meet Rézia and Mariselle?
(a) In church.
(b) In Rézia’s restaurant.
(c) In Freda’s parents’ house.
(d) In class to get their GED.

5. What group does Michel say he joined?
(a) The crowd of men defending the town’s police station from looters.
(b) The crowd of refugee women and children.
(c) The men trying to turn off the water at Monsieur Christophe’s water station.
(d) The mob of people looking for people to murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nadine’s reputation on the ward where she works?

2. What does Anne’s daughter (Ka) respond with when Anne tries to tell her about a miracle?

3. Whose hand has the dictator transferred power to, now that he is leaving?

4. How old does Michel say he feels, in the story he is telling?

5. What does Beatrice say the women who come to her for wedding dresses call her?

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