Breath, Eyes, Memory Quizzes

Breath, Eyes, Memory Quiz 1

1 The novel takes place in ___.
Haiti only

Haiti and California

Haiti and New York

New York only
2 Who is the narrator?
Third person

Grandmé

Martine

Sophie
3 What flower was associated once with Martine?
Roses

Daisies

Daffodils

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

Green

Pink

Red
5 What game does Atie play?
Dice

The lottery

Chess

Poker
6 What place is associated with trauma?
The cane fields

The church

The marketplace

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

Sophie's grandmother

Martine's husband

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

read

drive

make money
9 What does Sophie want to give Atie in the beginning?
A daffodil

A piece of handmade jewelry

A Mother's Day card

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

are slaves

are farmers

are city workers
11 Monsieur Augustin is ___.
the man whom Atie loved

a teacher

Sophie and Atie's neighbor

all of these
12 What did Atie keep secret from Sophie?
That she is dying

That she has to go live with Grandmé

That Martine asked for her daughter

That Martine is coming to Haiti
13 Atie tells Sophie that she must not ___.
come back to Haiti

be a doctor

fight with her mother

speak English
14 Grandmé does not want to suffer an attack of ___.
regret

despair

melancholy

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

Black

Red

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.

He is hungry.

His father was killed.
18 Sophie notices the delapidated nature of all of the following except ___.
Martine's building

Martine's neighborhood

Martine's car

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

Her figure

Her schooling

Her looks
20 On her first night with her mother, Sophie notices all of the following except ___.
Martine is very thin

she thinks New York is prettier than Haiti

she does not look like anyone in her family

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

A photo

A doll

A book
22 Marc is a/an ___.
doctor

teacher

lawyer

nurse
23 Where does Marc take Sophie and Martine?
A shop

A park

A restaurant

A church
24 What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?
A nurse

A writer

A secretary

A doctor
25 Martine's job is working with ___.
animals

computers

old people

children

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

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