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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 is the only person of Thomas's group to make it out alive?

2. What happens to Marie on the way to Daniel Slater's office?

3. What does Marie feel she needs to do to protect her boys?

4. Who shows up in Marie's room when she gets out of the shower?

5. Who admits to have been keeping tabs on Marie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does being in Burkina remind Marie of?

2. Where does Marie go after she leaves Africa?

3. What is Marie's main form of transportation in Africa?

4. What happens to Marie after she gives birth?

5. Where does Marie first see Thomas while in his country?

6. Where is Thomas's body found?

7. What does Slater tell Marie when she shows up to his office for the first time?

8. What happens when Marie is in the desert?

9. What does Marie tell Robbie when he asks why she became a Fed?

10. Why does Marie fly to Martinique in 1987?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story is told from Marie's point of view, written in the form of journals that she intends for her sons to read in the event that she is killed on a mission. Analyze the author's choice to write the story this way -- how does this choice affect the plot and the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the voice of Marie, the narrator. Use examples from the text to determine the nature of this voice.

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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