Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	Why does the narrator say she is from Haiti rather than Brooklyn?
	A.	She wants to have something in common with her parents.
	B.	She does not want to be sent back home to Brooklyn.
	C.	She does not want the police officer to know where she is from.
	D.	She wants to conceal her heritage.

2.	Why does the narrator's father refuse to have his picture taken?
	A.	He does not want his enemies to know what he looks like.
	B.	He is afraid of the flash from the camera.
	C.	He believes photographs are bad luck.
	D.	He thinks he is too ugly because of a facial scar.

3.	What in particular does Gabrielle Fonteneau like about the sculpture?
	A.	the figure's eyes
	B.	the figure's hands
	C.	the mahogany wood
	D.	the figure's arched back

4.	What does the narrator's father do with the sculpture?
	A.	He mails it back to Haiti.
	B.	He sells it to another person.
	C.	He throws it in a man-made lake.
	D.	He buries it near the hotel.

5.	What significant confession does the narrator's father make?
	A.	He was never a prisoner, but rather a guard.
	B.	He has always hated the sculpture.
	C.	He once knew Gabrielle Fonteneau's father in Haiti.
	D.	He staged a prison escape.

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