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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?
(a) By reciting a psalm.
(b) By naming her home town.
(c) By telling her full family name and some of their history.
(d) By singing Brother Timonie.

2. What does Denise Auguste bring Dany and his aunt?
(a) Gifts.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

3. How long had the dictator ruled before he fled?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 26. years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 11 months.

4. What does Aline say she learned was useful in her education?
(a) The long history of injustices and violence in the Americas.
(b) The beauty of the written word.
(c) The injustice of a psychology experiment.
(d) The similarity of cultures’ stories.

5. Why were prison guards called dew breakers?
(a) The pain of torture would make sweat pop out on people’s skin like dew.
(b) They would come for you early in the morning.
(c) They would come for you when the dew was settling.
(d) They would break so many bones when they tortured people.

6. How does Beatrice indicate the residents of the houses on her block?
(a) By where they came from in Haiti.
(b) By skin color and language.
(c) By political loyalty.
(d) By nationality and profession.

7. How old is Michel while he is narrating the story in the present moment of the story in "Monkey Tails"?
(a) 30.
(b) 47.
(c) 26.
(d) 37.

8. Where does Aline think about going, after her interview with Beatrice?
(a) To school in Haiti.
(b) Back home to her parents.
(c) To work in Haiti.
(d) Back to the office.

9. Who does Michel say was “orphaned” by the dictator’s departure (140)?
(a) Business owners.
(b) Haiti’s poor.
(c) Haiti’s secret police.
(d) International businessmen.

10. What is the mob doing to people it captures?
(a) Killing them.
(b) Taking them to prison.
(c) Torturing them.
(d) Forcing them to leave the city.

11. Who is the one who starts the others telling stories about their personal lives?
(a) Freda.
(b) Mariselle’s husband.
(c) Mariselle.
(d) Rézia.

12. Why does Claude accept Dany’s apology so quickly?
(a) He did not notice what Dany did, that he is apologizing for.
(b) He did not feel insulted by what Dany said.
(c) He does not want the obligation to impose guilt.
(d) He knows he is in pain.

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

14. Where does Mariselle get a job after she completes her degree?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A big accounting business.
(c) A retail store.
(d) An art gallery.

15. Why does the narrator says that Claude is luckier than most?
(a) He has not suffered very much.
(b) He has been forgiven for his sins.
(c) He lives in such a gorgeous place.
(d) He can talk about his nightmares openly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beatrice say the prison guard hides out?

2. What does Freda say she is going to do when she goes back to Haiti?

3. Why does Beatrice say she enjoyed making wedding dresses?

4. What group does Michel say he joined?

5. How does Denise Auguste respond when Dany thanks her?

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