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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the woman that picks Sophie up also caring for?

2. When Sophie gets ready for bed her first night in the United States, what does she hand her mother?

3. What do Sophie and her grandmother buy at the market?

4. What does Sophie keep dreaming about?

5. What question does Joseph ask Sophie when he tells her he is leaving forever?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sophie falls in love with Joseph when she is eighteen. Who is Joseph and how does she fall in love with him?

2. What does Sophie's room in Brooklyn look like?

3. What happens when Sophie returns to Haiti for her mother's funeral?

4. What does Sophie's grandmother do when Sophie sits on the porch, watching a pack of rainbow butterflies?

5. What happens when Sophie asks Atie if Brigitte can sleep in her room?

6. Sophie and Atie have a conversation on the steps when Atie comes home one night. What does Atie talk about?

7. What happens at the market when Sophie and her grandmother go there in Chapter 17?

8. What did Atie and her sister Martine do in Port-au-Prince when they were young?

9. One night, Sophie gets ready for bed and hears her grandmother dreaming. What does Sophie ask her daughter after she noticed the dreams of her grandmother?

10. One night, Sophie comes home from seeing Joseph and finds her mother waiting for her in the living room. What happens after Sophie gets home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edwidge Danticat set the book in Haiti and in the United States. Why did she set the book in these places and what is her goal with this book? Did she achieve that goal?

Essay Topic 2

One of the themes explored throughout this book is the inequality between men and women in Haiti during the time in which it is set. Give three examples and explain the inequality.

Essay Topic 3

Atie's behavior changes over the course of the book. Explain the changes that happen to her. Compare how she behaves during the two different periods. How does she behave while raising Sophie? What does she do when Sophie returns to Haiti? What does Ifé think about Atie? Who's Atie's friend?

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