Breath, Eyes, Memory Quizzes

Breath, Eyes, Memory Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Last reviewed August 09, 2018

1 The novel takes place in ___.

Haiti and New York

Haiti and California

Haiti only

New York only
2 Who is the narrator?

Grandmé

Sophie

Martine

Third person
3 What flower was associated once with Martine?

Tulips

Daisies

Daffodils

Roses
4 What color is associated with Sophie's childhood?

Red

Green

Pink

Yellow
5 What game does Atie play?

The lottery

Dice

Poker

Chess
6 What place is associated with trauma?

The marketplace

The church

The cane fields

The house
7 Who died in the fields?

Atie's husband

Martine's husband

Sophie's grandmother

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

make money

drive

sing

read
9 What does Sophie want to give Atie in the beginning?

A piece of handmade jewelry

A daffodil

A letter

A Mother's Day card
10 Most people who live in Croix-des-Rosets ___.

are farmers

are city workers

are slaves

are rich
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 is coming to Haiti

That she has to go live with Grandmé

That Martine asked for her daughter

That she is dying
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 ___.

despair

melancholy

chagrin

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

Red

Brown

Yellow

Black
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?

His father was killed.

He is hungry.

He is afraid of flying.

He is hurt.
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 ___.

she thinks New York is prettier than Haiti

Martine is very thin

Martine has terrible nightmares

she does not look like anyone in her family
21 What important object does Martine cherish and give to Sophie?

A book

A necklace

A photo

A doll
22 Marc is a/an ___.

doctor

nurse

lawyer

teacher
23 Where does Marc take Sophie and Martine?

A restaurant

A church

A shop

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

A writer

A secretary

A nurse

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

children

old people

computers

animals

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