What Storm, What Thunder Quizzes

What Storm, What Thunder Quiz 1

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

Edwidge Danticat

Dany Laferrière

Myriam J. A. Chancy

Kettly Mars
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?

The 2021 earthquake

A 2015 hurricane

The 2010 earthquake

A 2010 hurricane
4 How many narrators does What Storm, What Thunder have?

2

10

11

1
5 What does Ma Lou do for a living?

She works in the market

She is an accountant

She is a teacher

She cleans houses for the wealthy
6 What is Ma Lou's relationship with her son like?

They're close

He sends her money periodically

He visits her everytime he comes to Haiti

He does not talk with her
7 Who runs errands for Ma Lou?

Taffia

Leopold

Sonia

Jonas
8 How does Ma Lou help people after the earthquake?

She cooks for them

She helps heal them

She listens to them

She prays for them
9 Where is Sara living?

In a camp for internally displaced people

In Camp Cocasse with her husband Olivier

In her house

In a hotel
10 How many children does Sara have?

1

0

3

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

Wozo

Makout

Olivier

Duez
12 What does Sara think is causing the mysterious tugging?

Her daughter's spirit

The devil

Paul pulling a prank on her

Olivier's spirit
13 What happened to Jonas?

He died from an infection after they amputated his leg

He was killed when a house fell on him

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 talks to their ghosts

She dissociates

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

Didier

Dieudonné

Paul

Taffia
16 Where is Sonia when the earthquake strikes?

Outside of a hotel where she works

Driving with Dieudonné on his motorbike

At the market

Inside an elevator in the hotel where she works
17 What does Sonia's mom do for a living?

Clean wealthy people's houses

She doesn't work

She works at the market

Sex work
18 Dieudonné feels uneasy the morning of the earthquake, this is an example of what literary device?

Parallelism

Allegory

Foreshadowing

Motif
19 How does Sonias family feel about her work?

They're fine with it as long as she provides money for them

They stopped talking to her when they found out

They are ashamed that she is a sex worker

They don't know what she does
20 "We were to each other like fingers of the same hand" is an example of what literary device?

Hyperbole

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration
21 Where does Sonia meet Dieudonné?

At the hotel

In the IDP camps

In a club

At school
22 Why does Dieudonné consider his relationship with Sonia to be the best kind of love?

Because they love each other so much

Because it's not physical

Because they work and live together

Because there are no strings attached
23 What is Sonia's dream?

To move to the United States

To marry a wealthy man

To marry Dieudonné

To earn enough money to have a house in the hills
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 Sonia's family

To check on Leopold in the hotel

They leave the city

To the hospital

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