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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Denise Auguste’s nickname Ti Fanm mean?
(a) Little helper.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Wife.
(d) Little Woman.

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

3. What kept Dany from making his presence known when he saw the dew breaker?
(a) The fear of killing the wrong person.
(b) The threat of retaliation from the man’s family.
(c) The dread of having murder on his conscience.
(d) The logistics of getting away with murder.

4. Whose hand has the dictator transferred power to, now that he is leaving?
(a) The military.
(b) The people.
(c) The career politicians.
(d) The business community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Freda sing Brother Timonie for her friends?

2. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?

3. Where is Dany’s aunt coming from, when he arrives?

4. What does Aline taste in Beatrice’s coffee?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Danticat characterize the events in the streets of Port-au-Prince?

2. Who are Beatrice Saint Ford and Aline Cajuste?

3. What is the significance of the title of the "Monkey Tails" chapter?

4. Why does Michel say he understood things he should have been too young to understand?

5. Why does Claude say that he is the luckiest man in the world?

6. What are the three deaths Freda’s mother says all people have?

7. Who is the main character of the "The Funeral Singer" chapter, and where is it set?

8. Under what conditions did Freda’s father disappear?

9. Why does the main character of "Night Talkers" get three pieces of cloth to keep with him the rest of his life?

10. Why did Freda emigrate from Haiti to the U.S.?

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