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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. In the Carnival tradition, who is a married couple supposed to find, to ask the person to marry them?
(a) The drunkest person they could find.
(b) The most musical person they could find.
(c) The most sacred person they could find.
(d) The most stone-faced person they could find.

2. Why does Dany have to make excuses when he sees people in his aunt’s town?
(a) For not visiting sooner.
(b) For not remembering birthdays.
(c) For not sending money home.
(d) For not sending gifts he had promised.

3. What does Gabrielle Fonteneau say she liked about the sculpture?
(a) That it is complex and elemental.
(b) That it was humble and regal.
(c) That it is emotional and innocent.
(d) That it is powerful and restrained.

4. What has Eric’s wife brought to the U.S. that does not make it through customs?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Toiletries.
(d) Books.

5. What does Beatrice say the women who come to her for wedding dresses call her?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Sister.
(d) Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Eric work at night?

2. Who is the one who starts the others telling stories about their personal lives?

3. What does Mariselle say President Kennedy’s widow Jacky Kennedy did to sadness?

4. How does Claude describe integrating back into his people’s community?

5. What is Anne’s favorite Christmas song?

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