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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. According to Majorie and Valerie's Story, what happened after the revolution?

2. In "Princess' Story," how does Pri say finances were after their father's death?

3. What does Chantal say Fabiola does to her, as said in "Chantal's Story"?

4. What happens when Drew and Imani pull-in at home in Chapter 13?

5. In "Matant Jo's Story," how does Matant Jo describe the hole in her heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sister's nickname as said in "Princess's Story" Why are they known as this?

2. What has happened to Fabiola's aunt as she tells Fabiola in Chapter 2? How does she feel about death?

3. In "Matant Jo's Story," how did Matant Jo come over to America? Who of the girls did she bring with her?

4. What happens in the New York Airport in Chapter 1? What had Fabiola and her mother been planning?

5. Where does Kasim take Fabiola on a date in Chapter 14? What does he say about her when she is nervous going?

6. Where do Imani and Fabiola go in Chapter 12 and what do they do there? What worries Fabiola while she is there?

7. Who does Fabiola meet in Chapter 6? How does this person describe her cousins?

8. What does Chantal do in Chapter 6 when Mrs. Stanley asks for Fabiola's documents? How does Chantal describe her mother?

9. In Chapter 13, who shows up outside Kasim’s cafe? What does Imani do with who shows up?

10. What does Chantal say about Bad Legs in Chapter 8? What does Fabiola resolve to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fabiola can be seen as taking on the traits of the lwas in different parts of the novel, the structure of a crossroad, leading into vengeance, and finally death.

How does the structure of the novel according to the lwas relate to how Fabiola thinks about the earthquake in Haiti in the last several chapters? What is this saying that an earthquake allows to happen or what happens after the quake?

Essay Topic 2

Fabiola contrasts her experience in Haiti against what she finds in America when she first arrives. As she continues through the novel, she continues contrasting and finding her homeland in relief against her new home. How does she reveal that Haiti and America are different or similar to one another? What is it that makes up these differences or similarities? How is her interpretation a part of the process of becoming something new in a new place?

Essay Topic 3

Violence is a part of the neighborhood at 8800 American Street and a reality of life for Fabiola back in Haiti.

In the face of the threat of violence, how do characters adapt to survive? Choose three characters to compare their journeys and how they deal with the reality of their lives in the places they experience violence.

Tie their journeys to a larger discussion of how violence is represented similarly or differently in American and Haiti and where in each of these places, the source of the violence comes from.

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