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How did Amabelle react when Dr. Javier asked her to leave the Dominican Republic with him?
She was hesitant at first because of the rumors but still packed a bag and she would only agree to go if there was also room for Sebastian.
Why did Papi want to see Kongo?
To get the spelling of Joel’s name so that he could make a cross to show respect.
What delays Amabelle from meeting Sebastian?
Blood on Senora Valencia’s dress; from post-giving birth
What does Kongo say must have happened to Sebastian and Mimi?
They either got captured by Dominicans or were killed. If they were captured/arrested they were taken to the prison in Dajabon
If the Doloritas is Dominican. Why is she also traveling to the border?
She wants to find her husband Ilestbien, he was taken because he was Haitian even though she was Dominican. He was taken from his bed in the middle of the night and brought to the jail
How did the Tibon escape slaughter?
After being thrown off the cliff into deep water, he swam to a cave by following the current. Most people drowned and those who survived tried to swim away. But on the shore, there were Dominicans with machetes and so he swam to a cave.
What happened to the two sisters that Amabelle and Yves were traveling with?
They were left behind by the group because they were Dominican and would be more of a problem than a help, they were also able to pronounce parsley.
Why did Yves not want to stay at the huts at the foot of the mountain?
Haitians were hung there even though they were wealthy. They were gonna ask to stay with a family, but they saw their hung bodies, so they had to keep going.
How did the crowds at dajabon respond to Trujillo? What did they do to the Haitians?
The crowds agreed with Trujillo and so they ganged up on them. They then stuffed parsley down the Haitian’s throats.
How and why does Odette die?
Amabelle put her hand over. Odette’s mouth to stop her from making noise (when her husband was shot), Amabelle thinks he’s suffocated her. Later she finds that Odette was actually shot.
What did the man in the pit of corpses think about? What was his reaction?
He thinks about his woman and smiles
Who took care of Amabelle when she was sick? How?
Yves took care of her by washing/changing the water on her head and dressing her
How did Yves spend most of his time after they returned to Haiti?
In his father’s fields planting beans and other goods.
What was the promise made by the Haitian Government to victims of the Slaughter?
If the Haitians told their stories to the Justice of the Peace, they were told that they would get money
Why did man Denise name her son Sebastian?
Named after Saint Sebastian who had two lives and she thought it was good to give her son two lives.
In what way did man denise hear her children were killed?
Man Denise heard they were forced to lay down on the ground face down and then shot while wearing the coffee bean bracelets
What was the truth about what the Haitian government was doing?
They were friends with the Dominicans and the Dominicans twisted their words to make everything look not so bad
What did Yves reveal about Joel’s death
Yves was supposed to be hit, but Joel pushed him out of the way and got hit
What happened to Father Romain and how did it change him?
He was in prison and tortured - he could only drink his own pee - he lost his memory and Dominicans brainwashed him so when his mind wandered he recited a speech promoting Dominicans and demoting Haitians
How did the survivors of the massacre respond to the gernalissmo’s death? What does Yves think?
Celebrating on the streets; Yves didn’t participate because he felt they were Dancing on their graves“ (their being the dead Haitians)
How did Yves’s father really die? Why?
He was poisoned by Yves’ mother and she put rat poison in his food because she found out he was brainwashed and was going to spy for the Yankees (USA)
How did Amabelle cross the border into the Dominican Republic? Why did she go there?
She goes into the back of a guy’s truck because she wants closure with senora valencia and with sebastians death so she goes to see the waterfall
Why does Senora Valencia not believe it is Amabelle? How does she prove herself?
Many people came and told Senora Valencia that Amabelle was dead so she didn’t believe it was her and she finally believed it was her when Amabelle told her about the day they met and how Papi let Amabelle stay with them
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