What outfit does Sophie choose for Martine's burial?

D. A bright-red, two-piece suit

In Chapter 21, Sophie entertains this possibility about her father.

B. He might have been a Macoute

Granmè Ifé ______________________.

B. Stopped testing Martine because she got pregnant

The novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory takes place in ___.

D. Haiti, New York, and Rhode Island

How does Sophie meet Joseph?

A. He lives next door and asks one day to use her telephone

Sophie's family name, Caco, is also which of the following?

C. The name of a strikingly red bird

When Sophie arrives in New York, her appearance reminds Martine of which of the following?

D. The unseen face of Martine's attacker, Sophie's father

Why is Tante Atie sad watching Monsieur Augustin with his wife?

A. Because Monsieur Augustin was once engaged to Tante Atie

How did Sophie's mother, Martine, become pregnant with Sophie?

B. She was raped in a cane field by a macoute

When does Sophie first return to Haiti?

B. In her late teens, as a new wife and mother

When Sophie's mother "tests" her, she is checking to see which of the following?

C. Whether Sophie is still a virgin

Where is Martine buried?

C. La Nouvelle Dame Marie, Haiti

Louise's sudden departure is attributed to which of the following?

D. Having saved enough money to make a trip to America

On her first night with her mother, Sophie notices all of the following except ___.

D. She thinks New York is prettier than Haiti

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1
Why is the boy next to Sophie on her flight throwing a fit?
D. He's being deported
B. His father was killed
A. He can't have a snack
C. He's terrified of flying
2
What outfit does Sophie choose for Martine's burial?
D. A bright-red, two-piece suit
B. A white robe
A. Her wedding dress
C. A dress the color of daffodils
3
In Chapter 21, Sophie entertains this possibility about her father.
D. He might be Marc
A. He might be Dissalines
B. He might have been a Macoute
C. He might have been the bogeyman
4
Who is the narrator of the novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory?
C. Sophie
B. Martine
A. Third Person
D. Granmè Ifé
5
Granmè Ifé ______________________.
A. Continued to test Martine after she had gotten pregnant with Sophie
D. Stopped testing Martine, Tante Atie, and Sophie
B. Stopped testing Martine because she got pregnant
C. Continued to test Martine, Tante Atie, and Sophie
6
Grandmè Ifé has a curved spine and a ___ that are usually covered by her clothes.
B. Moon-shaped birthmark
A. Criss-cross of scars
C. Old burn
D. Pineapple-sized hump
7
Who cares for Sophie during her childhood?
B. Sophie's father
D. Louise
A. Grandmè Ifé
C. Tante Atie
8
Marc is a/an ___.
D. Doctor
B. Lawyer
A. Teacher
C. Nurse
9
What does Martine stress is so important to Sophie?
B. Her schooling
D. Her figure
A. Her future husband
C. Her looks
10
Where does Sophie spend the early years of her life?
D. Manhattan, New York
B. Brooklyn, New York
A. Croix-des-Rosets, Haiti
C. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
11
What does Atie buy Sophie for her trip to New York?
B. An emerald suitcase
D. A daffodil hat
C. Scarlett dress shoes
A. A saffron dress
12
The Tonton Macoutes are which of the following?
D. A tribe of pacifists who protest Haiti's military occupation
C. Anyone who does not speak Creole
B. Duvalier's secret police
A. A powerful Haitian family
13
What color is associated with Sophie's childhood?
A. Red
C. Yellow
B. Blue
D. Green
14
The novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory takes place in ___.
C. Haiti, Rhode Island, and California
A. New York only
D. Haiti, New York, and Rhode Island
B. Haiti only
15
How old is Sophie when she arrives in New York for the first time?
B. An infant
A. Eighteen
C. Six
D. Twelve
16
Louise is constantly trying to sell a puppy dog?
False
True
17
Why is the little boy crying on the plane?
D. His father was killed
B. He is hurt
C. He is hungry
A. He is afraid of flying
18
How does Sophie meet Joseph?
A. He lives next door and asks one day to use her telephone
B. He sends her postcards from Providence
D. He is her musicology professor
C. She hears him playing his saxophone in a nightclub
19
What important object does Martine cherish and give to Sophie?
C. A book
B. A photo
A. A nacklace
D. A doll
20
Where do Sophie and Joseph live?
C. Manhattan, N.Y.
B. Brooklyn, N.Y.
A. Providence, R.I.
D. Port-au-Prince, Haiti
21
What place is associated with Martine's trauma?
A. The Canefield
C. The Church
D. Granmè Ifé's house
B. The Marketplace
22
Sophie's family name, Caco, is also which of the following?
A. The name of the village where Sophie's grandmother lives
C. The name of a strikingly red bird
B. The name of a French noble house
D. The Creole word for daffodil
23
When Sophie arrives in New York, her appearance reminds Martine of which of the following?
B. Grandmè Ifé
D. The unseen face of Martine's attacker, Sophie's father
A. Herself at the same age
C. Tante Atie
24
Atie tells Sophie that she must not ___.
C. Fight with her mother
B. Speak English
A. Come back to Haiti
D. Be a doctor
25
What does Martine say is Sophie's only job?
D. To pay her bills
C. To stay a virgin
B. To get married
A. To educate herself
26
What does Joseph give to Sophie on the night they first kiss?
B. Earrings
C. A necklace
D. A ring
A. A broach
27
Why is Tante Atie sad watching Monsieur Augustin with his wife?
C. Because Monsieur Augustin reminds her of her dead husband
D. She worries that he/not making his wife as happy as she deserves to be
A. Because Monsieur Augustin was once engaged to Tante Atie
B. Because Tante Atie always, secretly, loved Monsieur Augustin from afar
28
What does Sophie's grandmother tell Martine on a cassette?
D. To be concerned about Sophie's behavior.
B. Not to worry about Sophie.
A. To come visit.
C. That Sophie will stay with her.
29
Erzulie is which of the following?
A. Sophie's best childhood friend.
B. Sophie's sister
C. Sophie's mother
D. A Haitian goddess and loa
30
What is the trouble on the way to the airport?
A. The angry driver
C. A car crash
D. A small riot
B. A storm
31
How did Sophie's mother, Martine, become pregnant with Sophie?
C. She conceived Sophie on her wedding night
A. She became pregnant after sleeping with her high school sweetheart
B. She was raped in a cane field by a macoute
D. She adopted her
32
Sophie tells Marc, Martine's lover, that her ambition is to become which of the following?
A. A dactylo (secretary)
D. A jazz musician
C. A mother at a young age so that she can raise her children the right way
B. A doctor
33
Monsieur Augustin is ___.
D. All of these
B. Sophie and Tante Atie's neighbor
C. The man whom Atie loved
A. A teacher
34
Who finally teaches Tante Atie how to read?
C. Grandmè Ifé
A. Monsieur Augustin
B. Louise
D. Sophie
35
Who killed Dessalines?
D. None of the above
B. The Bogeyman
A. The Macoutes
C. Dessalines' friend
36
What flower was associated once with Martine?
B. Daisies
D. Roses
C. Tulips
A. Daffodil
37
When does Sophie first return to Haiti?
B. In her late teens, as a new wife and mother
C. As an adult, with her mother, for Grandmè Ifé's funeral
A. As a young teenager, unmarried and pregnant
D. Never
38
Martine's job is working with ___.
C. Old people
A. Children
B. Animal
D. Computers
39
When Sophie's mother "tests" her, she is checking to see which of the following?
C. Whether Sophie is still a virgin
A. Whether Sophie knows her multiplication tables
D. Whether Sophie can recite the rosary
B. Whether Sophie still understands Creole
40
Why do Atie and Sophie travel five hours to La Nouvelle Dame Marie before Sophie leaves for America?
A. To get the necessary paperwork
D. To visit a grave
C. To see Sophie's grandmother
B. To avoid government roadblocks
41
At the beginning of the novel Breath, Eyes, Memory, Sophie is surprised that Atie does not want to learn to ___.
A. Drive
B. Make money
C. Read
D. Sing
42
Where is Martine buried?
D. Providence, R.I.
A. Brooklyn, N.Y.
C. La Nouvelle Dame Marie, Haiti
B. Croix-des-Rosets, Haiti
43
In the novel, Breath, Eyes, Memory, this person died in the fields?
D. Martine's first husband
A. Tante Atie's husband
B. Sophie's grandmother
C. Sophie's grandfather
44
Who is Tante Atie?
C. Sophie's hired nanny
D. Sophie's mother's sister
B. Sophie's father's sister
A. Sophie's grandmother
45
What is the significance of 31, the number that Atie plays in the lottery?
B. Her telephone prefix
A. Her sister's age
C. Sophie's birthday, May 31
D. Her mother's address, 31 Duvalier Street
46
This is an example of the permanent damage Martine suffers.
D. Stitches left between her legs after giving birth to Sophie
C. A terrible scare stretches across her face
A. Internal bleeding from the blows she suffers from the Macoute attack
B. She often has nightmares
47
Who do the Macoutes kill in the Croix-des-Rosets marketplace?
C. Man Grace, Louise's mother
B. Dessalines, the coal seller
D. A beggar whose name no one knows
A. Louise, Tante Atie's friend
48
Louise's sudden departure is attributed to which of the following?
C. Having robbed a bank
A. Having eloped with a Macoute
D. Having saved enough money to make a trip to America
B. Having become pregnant
49
As an adult, Sophie discovers that she has which eating disorder?
A. Bulimia
B. Anorexia
D. Chocolate cravings
C. Anemia
50
What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?
A. A Teacher
D. A writer
B. A lawyer
C. A secretary
51
On her first night with her mother, Sophie notices all of the following except ___.
D. She thinks New York is prettier than Haiti
A. She does not look like anyone in her family
B. Martine is very thin
C. Martine has trouble with nightmares
52
When Joseph first stops by, what does he ask to use?
A. Some sugar
B. The vacuum
D. The oven
C. The phone
53
What does Sophie want to give Atie in the beginning?
C. A Mother's Day card
A. A piece of handmade jewelry
D. A letter
B. Daffodil
54
What does Sophie's mother sing the evening they all have dinner at her house?
A. An old reggae song.
C. An old Negro spiritual.
B. An old love song.
D. An old rap song.
55
In her old age and loneliness, Tante Atie turns increasingly to which of the following?
D. God
C. Opium
A. Alcohol
B. Cigarettes
56
Doubling can be used in which of the following ways?
A. Not being present in one's body while something unpleasant is happening
D. Saying one thing and meaning another
C. Attempting to love two people at the same time.
B. Speaking English while continuing to think in French Creole
57
Where does Martine work during the day?
B. A grocery store
D. An accountant's office
C. A diner
A. A nursing home
58
What color do Sophie and Martine decorate their house?
B. Blue
C. Yellow
D. Green
A. Red
59
During Sophie's childhood, Sophie and Atie receive news from Martine via which of the following?
C. Word-of-mouth
D. Letter
A. Cassette tape
D. Carrier pigeon
60
What color is associated with Martine and life in New York?
A. Red
D. Green
B. Blue
C. Yellow
61
When Sophie finally fails her mother's "test," it is because of which of the following?
C. Her mother is distracted and does not administer the test properly
A. She has slept with Joseph, the man next door
B. She has torn her hymen playing sports
D. She impaled herself on a pestle for the explicit purpose of failing/test
62
What is the name of Sophie's fictitious boyfriend?
D. Henry Napoleon
A. Richard Washington
D. Jonny Churchill
B. Everett Price
63
Who are the Marassas?
B. A species of butterfly native to Haiti
C. Mythical lovers who were so close as to be indistinguishable
A. Military agents responsible for killing a coal seller in the marketplace
D. A Haitian gang in New York
64
What does Sophie use to break her hymen?
B. A broom
C. A candlestick
D. A wooden spoon
A. A spice pestle
65
What does Atie do when she sees Monsieur Augustin and his wife preparing for bed?
C. Cries
B. Prays
D. Spits
A. Puts out the light
66
How does Sophie's mother, Martine, die?
C. She commits suicide by taking sleeping pills
A. She commits suicide by stabbing herself in the stomach seventeen times
B. She dies at the clinic during an abortion
D. Marc kills her
67
According to Atie, why should Sophie treat her mother well?
D. Because Atie loves her sister.
A. Because Sophie would want her daughter to treat her well.
C. Because Sophie does not have her mother forever.
B. Because Sophie does have her mother forever.
68
Sophie was SIX years old when the novel begins?
False
True
69
When Sophie got to NY, she noticed the dilapidated nature of all of the following except ___.
C. Martines clothes
D. Martines's neighborhood
B. Martine's building
A. Martine's car
70
How does Martine appear when Sophie first sees her?
D. Thin and scrawny
C. Sturdy and determined
A. Worldly and sophisticated
B. Vibrant and matronly

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