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

Short Answer Questions

1. What items does the second narrator's father want her to throw away?

2. How does the second narrator pass time in the house?

3. Who says, "He cannot protect us. Only God can protect us?"

4. What does the female narrator refer to the soldiers as?

5. What does the narrator's father do the day the family leaves the city?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"If I was a girl, maybe I would have been at home and not out politicking and getting myself into something like this." Think about this quote from the male narrator. Do you think that his gender brings about the narrator's situation? What character on the boat could perhaps refute this claim? Do you agree with the narrator? Does gender determine safety?

Essay Topic 2

Think about the narrator's words to one another. What do their descriptions of love or messages/ pledges to one another tell us about their mindsets? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 3

Think about how the female narrator's conflict with her father comes to a close. What does this conflict tell us about the narrator? Be descriptive.

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