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

2. What does the woman in CVS ask Fabiola in Chapter 6?

3. What does Donna say about Dray in Chapter 11?

4. Who does Fabiola meet in CVS in Chapter 9?

5. What do people call Donna and Dray as said in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Matant Jo's Story," how does Matant Jo describe her feeling after Philip's death? What does she says she thinks Fabiola will do about this?

2. What happens with Fabiola’s paper in Chapter 12? What does Mr. Nolan offer?

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

4. Where does Fabiola go in Chapter 15? What does she do as a result?

5. What does Bad Leg tell Fabiola about his leg in Chapter 8? What does she realize about him?

6. What intersections does the Francois house rest on? What does Fabiola realize about this in Chapter 11?

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

8. In Chapter 13, what happens when Dray drives home? What does Fabiola think about Dray?

9. How did Pri start fighting as she says in "Princess's Story"? Who does she fight to protect?

10. What does Matant Jo say about Papa Legba in Chapter 16? What does she say about Fabiola believing in him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The back stories in the novel are revealed to Fabiola bit by bit as the novel progresses. How does this reveal strategic to the events of the novel? How does each reveal of another character's story build growing moral ambiguity? With the reveal of these stories, what is the novel saying about what is right or wrong? Choose three of the backstories revealed in the novel to answer these questions.

Essay Topic 2

Anger and hatred fuel actions in the novel, such as Fabiola's grudge towards Dray or fights with other women. How does the novel represent anger and hatred? What does it show about how it acts, how it impacts others, and how it feels for the person who feels it? How does individual anger relate to an anger at something larger than any person?

Start with the passage where Fabiola passes out after fighting Tonesha and Raquel (254). Then find three other examples in the novel to develop a thesis about what the novel is saying about anger and hatred, how it is felt, its role in the world, and its place in America.

Essay Topic 3

When Fabiola arrives, she is an immigrant with all of the American behaviors and customs unfamiliar to her. By the end of the novel, she has changed into something different. What is her transformation in the novel? How does she become the "Fourth Bee"? How does she become "American"? Finally, how does her transformation include her previous Haitian identity with her new self, and what does this say about living in a new place as an immigrant?

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