Breath, Eyes, Memory Quizzes

Breath, Eyes, Memory Quiz 1

1 The novel takes place in ___.
Haiti and California

New York only

Haiti and New York

Haiti only
2 Who is the narrator?
Martine

Third person

Sophie

Grandmé
3 What flower was associated once with Martine?
Tulips

Daffodils

Daisies

Roses
4 What color is associated with Sophie's childhood?
Yellow

Red

Green

Pink
5 What game does Atie play?
Poker

Dice

Chess

The lottery
6 What place is associated with trauma?
The church

The marketplace

The cane fields

The house
7 Who died in the fields?
Sophie's grandmother

Martine's husband

Sophie's grandfather

Atie's husband
8 Sophie is surprised that Atie does not want to learn to ___.
read

sing

make money

drive
9 What does Sophie want to give Atie in the beginning?
A letter

A piece of handmade jewelry

A Mother's Day card

A daffodil
10 Most people who live in Croix-des-Rosets ___.
are rich

are city workers

are farmers

are slaves
11 Monsieur Augustin is ___.
a teacher

the man whom Atie loved

Sophie and Atie's neighbor

all of these
12 What did Atie keep secret from Sophie?
That Martine asked for her daughter

That Martine is coming to Haiti

That she is dying

That she has to go live with Grandmé
13 Atie tells Sophie that she must not ___.
be a doctor

speak English

fight with her mother

come back to Haiti
14 Grandmé does not want to suffer an attack of ___.
melancholy

regret

despair

chagrin
15 What color is associated with Martine and life in New York?
Black

Red

Yellow

Brown
16 What is the trouble on the way to the airport?
A car crash

A storm

The angry driver

A small riot
17 Why is the little boy crying on the plane?
He is hurt.

He is afraid of flying.

His father was killed.

He is hungry.
18 Sophie notices the delapidated nature of all of the following except ___.
Martine's neighborhood

Martine's clothes

Martine's building

Martine's car
19 What does Martine stress is so important to Sophie?
Her future husband

Her schooling

Her looks

Her figure
20 On her first night with her mother, Sophie notices all of the following except ___.
she does not look like anyone in her family

she thinks New York is prettier than Haiti

Martine is very thin

Martine has terrible nightmares
21 What important object does Martine cherish and give to Sophie?
A doll

A necklace

A book

A photo
22 Marc is a/an ___.
nurse

lawyer

teacher

doctor
23 Where does Marc take Sophie and Martine?
A restaurant

A park

A church

A shop
24 What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?
A doctor

A writer

A nurse

A secretary
25 Martine's job is working with ___.
computers

animals

children

old people

Tante Atie's father, Sophie's grandfather, died of heat stroke while working in the cane fields.

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