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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. Why does the male narrator refer to Agwé?
2. Why do the other people on the boat offer to take care of the baby for Celianne?
3. How many other people are on the boat?
4. Where are the people on the boat sailing towards?
5. Why does the male narrator leave Haiti?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the female narrator's family do to protect themselves against the soldiers? Why is this important?
2. What happens in the male narrator's dream?
3. Describe the relationship between the two narrators.
4. What happened to the young man on the boat the first time he tried to sail to Miami?
5. What does the male narrator say about religion? What are his beliefs, if any?
6. Describe the male narrators life before he fled Haiti. What did the male narrator do?
7. What happens after the female narrator thanks her father? What is significant about this?
8. What happens at the airport? How does this tie to what the female narrator says about hope?
9. What does the female narrator do in a "last resort" way to preserve hope after the black butterflies come? Does it work?
10. Describe the conditions on the boat.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"I go to them now as though it was always meant to be, as though the very day that my mother birthed me, she had chosen me to live life eternal, among the children of the deep blue sea, those who have escaped the chains of slavery to form a world beneath the heavens and the blood-drenched earth where you live."
Consider the quote above. Explain its significance in the story. Pay special attention to syntax, tone, diction, imagery and meaning.
Essay Topic 2
Consider the evolution of the behavior of the passengers on board. How does their treatment of one another reflect the author's purpose? Be sure to use examples.
Essay Topic 3
Think about the symbolism of butterflies in the story. How does the image of butterflies evolve? What does this tell us about the events in the story?
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