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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. How are the members of Paul's family killed?

2. What does Boy do at the laundry?

3. Why does Miss Mattie's granddaughter feel drawn to help others?

4. Whose headstone does Kitty visit at the cemetery?

5. Where do Kitty and Boy first land in the United States?

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Kitty have, in "Chapter 3"?

2. What happens when the Hispanic woman comes into the laundry, in "Chapter 3"?

3. What happens after Kitty changes the notes, in "Chapter 3"?

4. Why is ganja important to the soldiers?

5. What probably leads Christopher to kill Paul's family?

6. What was Christopher's childhood like?

7. What do the soldiers want to do to Miss Mattie's land?

8. What does Christopher do, at the end of "Chapter 2"?

9. How is Clare introduced in "Chapter 4"?

10. What is ruinate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the theme of motherhood. Consider the mothers in this novel, Clare's struggle with motherhood, and the idea of Jamaica as a motherland.

Essay Topic 2

What message about race is presented, in "No Telephone to Heaven"?

Essay Topic 3

What role does education play in this novel? What types of education are presented?

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