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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 does Pop ban Marie from seeing when she is a teen?

2. What is Marie's favorite thing to do in the summer growing up?

3. What is the name of the narrator's dog?

4. Who will Marie get to work with on Ross's new operation?

5. Who believes in Communism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do Marie's sons stay for a night in Connecticut?

2. What happens at Helene's wake?

3. Where does Marie take the boys in the first chapter?

4. Where does Marie take Thomas for dinner?

5. Who tells Helene all about spies?

6. Who is Aisha?

7. What news does Helene give Marie at Tompkins Square Park?

8. What job does Ross offer to Marie?

9. What happens when Marie invites Thomas to her place for a nightcap?

10. What happens when Marie takes Agathe to the airport?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you analyze Marie's decision to become a Fed. Why does she become a Fed, and what does she begin to realize about this decision as the story unfolds? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about Marie's relationship to Robbie, her high school boyfriend. Why does Marie consider Robbie to be one of her closest friends, even as an adult?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout her mission in Africa, Marie is made very aware of her status as an American, despite feeling that in the U.S., she feels black before she feels American. Write an essay in which you compare and contrast Marie's notions of her American status while she is in Africa and the U.S.

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