Breath, Eyes, Memory Quizzes

Breath, Eyes, Memory Quiz 1

1 The novel takes place in ___.
Haiti and California

Haiti only

New York only

Haiti and New York
2 Who is the narrator?
Martine

Grandmé

Sophie

Third person
3 What flower was associated once with Martine?
Daffodils

Roses

Daisies

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

Pink

Red

Green
5 What game does Atie play?
Dice

Chess

The lottery

Poker
6 What place is associated with trauma?
The church

The marketplace

The house

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

Martine's husband

Atie's husband

Sophie's grandmother
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 daffodil

A letter

A Mother's Day card

A piece of handmade jewelry
10 Most people who live in Croix-des-Rosets ___.
are farmers

are rich

are city workers

are slaves
11 Monsieur Augustin is ___.
a teacher

Sophie and Atie's neighbor

the man whom Atie loved

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

That she is dying

That Martine is coming to Haiti

That she has to go live with Grandmé
13 Atie tells Sophie that she must not ___.
speak English

be a doctor

come back to Haiti

fight with her mother
14 Grandmé does not want to suffer an attack of ___.
chagrin

despair

melancholy

regret
15 What color is associated with Martine and life in New York?
Brown

Yellow

Red

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

The angry driver

A small riot

A storm
17 Why is the little boy crying on the plane?
His father was killed.

He is afraid of flying.

He is hurt.

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

Martine's neighborhood

Martine's building

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

Her looks

Her future husband

Her schooling
20 On her first night with her mother, Sophie notices all of the following except ___.
she thinks New York is prettier than Haiti

she does not look like anyone in her family

Martine has terrible nightmares

Martine is very thin
21 What important object does Martine cherish and give to Sophie?
A photo

A book

A necklace

A doll
22 Marc is a/an ___.
nurse

lawyer

doctor

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

A church

A park

A restaurant
24 What does Sophie want to be when she grows up?
A secretary

A nurse

A writer

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

old people

children

animals

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

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