2. Where does Beatrice say the prison guard hides out?
(a) In the alleys.
(b) In people’s basements.
(c) Empty houses.
(d) In empty storefronts.

3. In "Monkey Tails," where does Michel say they should go, to see what is going on?
(a) The streets.
(b) The watch tower.
(c) The city center.
(d) The radio.

4. How does Denise Auguste respond when Dany thanks her?
(a) “Now we are even.”
(b) “You’re welcome.”
(c) “You’re deserving.”
(d) “Think nothing of it.”

5. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
(a) She thinks her assistance lets him know.
(b) She thinks he has friends in the post office.
(c) She always announces her changes of address to her clients.
(d) She believes there are spies in the Haitian community.

6. What does Dany's pain while walking make him think of?
(a) His grandmother who lost afoot to gangrene.
(b) His brother who died of a stomach infection.
(c) His roommate Michel who had an appendectomy.
(d) His father who lost his eyesight to cancer.

7. What is Rézia’s horror story from Haiti?
(a) She was beaten by a mob who mistook her for someone else.
(b) She was tortured in prison for stealing a loaf of bread.
(c) She was a prostitute who was abused by macoutes.
(d) She was raised in a brothel where she was raped.

8. What is Old Zo’s response when Dany asks if he knows Estina?
(a) His maternal uncle was married to Estina’s sister.
(b) His mother is descended from her maternal grandmother’s family.
(c) His father was Estina’s close friend.
(d) His grandfather and her grandfather were cousins.

9. Why does Freda sing Brother Timonie for her friends?
(a) To show them her funeral song.
(b) To remind them of home.
(c) To show off.
(d) To honor her father.

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

11. Who is Romain’s father?
(a) The water station owner.
(b) A rabble-rousing laborer.
(c) A prominent macoute.
(d) A local businessman.

12. How old was the dictator when he fled?
(a) 34.
(b) 54.
(c) 37.
(d) 44.

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

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

15. What is the saying of Voltaire’s that Romain quotes to Michel?
(a) The unexamined life is not worth living.
(b) To thine own self be true and you cannot be false to any man.
(c) Know yourself and you will know the world of the gods.
(d) Blood is the price of eating sugar in Europe.