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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. What does Lorraine do when it becomes clear that Mireille and Michael are serious?

2. Who shares part of their ransom money with the other men?

3. Who did Mireille call the day she met Michael?

4. What did Michael go to grad school for?

5. Who never thought Mireille would get kidnapped?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Michael think of Haiti the first time he visitied?

2. What does the Commander say he likes when Mireille goes to his room for the first time?

3. Why is Michael mad at Sebastian?

4. Why did Mireille convince herself she did not want a child?

5. Where did Mireille spend her summers growing up?

6. Who gets kidnapped?

7. Who is Sebastian?

8. Who is the Commander?

9. How did Mireille meet Michael?

10. Who is Christophe?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore Mireille's reluctance to be with her child after she is rescued from her captors. What keeps her from being the mother she wants to be for Christophe? Use evidence from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the novel. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and themes of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Mireille's relationship to and understanding of the Commander. How does this understanding of him -- and what she must do in order to survive -- change Mireille forever? Use evidence from the text to explain your reasoning.

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