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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. What happens between Little Bee and Lawrence when she returns to the beach after talking to Sarah?

2. How does Sarah feel about the tension between Lawrence and Little Bee?

3. What does Sarah want to explain to Little Bee?

4. Where did the men take the girls after the couple left?

5. What did Andrew think when he saw her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did the trip to Nigeria help or hurt Sarah and Andrew's relationship?

2. How does Little Bee and Lawrence's fight result in a stalemate?

3. What does Little Bee want to know about when she and Sarah go to the store for milk?

4. What does Little Bee think of London as she, Sarah and Charlie travel to see the river?

5. Why did Sarah return home early from work the day after the funeral?

6. Why does Little Bee think Charlie will not take off his Batman costume?

7. How does Little Bee try to coax Charlie out of his Batman costume while they are at the beach?

8. What has happened at Charlie's nursery school?

9. How did Little Bee get to England?

10. Why didn't Little Bee help Andrew as he struggled during death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While cleaning Andrew's office Sarah comes across some research that leads her to believe that he was planning to write a book about girls like Little Bee. Sarah tells Little Bee of her discovery and the two of them agree that Sarah should continue Andrew's work.

1) Do you believe that this is the right thing to do? Why or why not?

2) How might writing the book help Sarah honor Andrew's memory?

3) How might the book help Little Bee?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 7 Little Bee explains to Lawrence that she was a witness to Andrew's suicide. She also admits that she might have been a catalyst in his decision to hang himself. How do you feel about what Little Bee has done?

1) Do you think that her actions at the O'Rourke home the day of the suicide are justified? Why or why not?

2) Compare Little Bee's failure to save Andrew with Andrew's failure to save Little Bee's sister. Who's crime is worse? Why?

3) Why do you think Little Bee chose to tell Lawrence of her failure to save Andrew?

4) Does this change how you feel about Little Bee? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sarah believes that she, Charlie, Little Bee and Andrew have all taken on personae that they hide behind. Charlie's desire to be Batman is the most obvious example of this. What personae have these characters taken on? Why might they have chosen to hide from their realities? Would their lives have been different if they had faced up to their fears?

Explain your answer in depth.

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