What Storm, What Thunder Quizzes

What Storm, What Thunder Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of What Storm, What Thunder?
Dany Laferrière

Kettly Mars

Edwidge Danticat

Myriam J. A. Chancy
2 Where is What Storm, What Thunder set?
Rwanda

New York

Primarily in Haiti

Solely in Haiti
3 What major event is the book based on?
A 2015 hurricane

The 2010 earthquake

A 2010 hurricane

The 2021 earthquake
4 How many narrators does What Storm, What Thunder have?
11

2

1

10
5 What does Ma Lou do for a living?
She cleans houses for the wealthy

She is an accountant

She works in the market

She is a teacher
6 What is Ma Lou's relationship with her son like?
He sends her money periodically

He visits her everytime he comes to Haiti

He does not talk with her

They're close
7 Who runs errands for Ma Lou?
Sonia

Taffia

Leopold

Jonas
8 How does Ma Lou help people after the earthquake?
She listens to them

She helps heal them

She prays for them

She cooks for them
9 Where is Sara living?
In her house

In a camp for internally displaced people

In a hotel

In Camp Cocasse with her husband Olivier
10 How many children does Sara have?
3

1

0

2
11 What word is on the scrap of paper Sara always keeps with her?
Makout

Olivier

Duez

Wozo
12 What does Sara think is causing the mysterious tugging?
Paul pulling a prank on her

The devil

Her daughter's spirit

Olivier's spirit
13 What happened to Jonas?
He was killed when a house fell on him

He died from an infection after they amputated his leg

He joins one of the boys gangs in the camps

His body was never found
14 How does Sara react to the loss of her three children?
She retreats from the world around her

She dissociates

She talks to their ghosts

All of the above
15 Who is not one of Sonia's siblings?
Dieudonné

Paul

Taffia

Didier
16 Where is Sonia when the earthquake strikes?
Inside an elevator in the hotel where she works

At the market

Outside of a hotel where she works

Driving with Dieudonné on his motorbike
17 What does Sonia's mom do for a living?
She doesn't work

Clean wealthy people's houses

Sex work

She works at the market
18 Dieudonné feels uneasy the morning of the earthquake, this is an example of what literary device?
Allegory

Parallelism

Foreshadowing

Motif
19 How does Sonias family feel about her work?
They stopped talking to her when they found out

They don't know what she does

They are ashamed that she is a sex worker

They're fine with it as long as she provides money for them
20 "We were to each other like fingers of the same hand" is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Hyperbole
21 Where does Sonia meet Dieudonné?
At school

At the hotel

In the IDP camps

In a club
22 Why does Dieudonné consider his relationship with Sonia to be the best kind of love?
Because they work and live together

Because there are no strings attached

Because they love each other so much

Because it's not physical
23 What is Sonia's dream?
To marry a wealthy man

To earn enough money to have a house in the hills

To move to the United States

To marry Dieudonné
24 What does Sonia notice about the girl at the house her mother works at?
The girl doesn't want to play with her

She is smarter than the girl

She and Sonia look very similar

The girl's dress is better than hers
25 Where do Dieudonné and Sonia go after the earthquake?
To check on Leopold in the hotel

They leave the city

To the hospital

To check on Sonia's family

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