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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 retrieves Mireille from her hiding place in her cage?

2. What is Mireille's mother terrified of?

3. Who is Michael?

4. Where does Michael tell Mireille he wants to live?

5. How long does Mireille stay at the farm after she gets married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is the narrator and her family staying at the beginning of the novel?

2. Who does Victor question about Mireille?

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

4. Who helps Mireille try to run away from her cage?

5. Who is Sebastian?

6. Who does Mireille beg for money?

7. Why does Mireille get her head slammed into a bathroom mirror?

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

9. How much money does Sebastian owe?

10. What does Michael do with Victor one evening?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explore the relationship between Mireille and her father. How does it change or stay the same throughout the novel? Use evidence from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay analyzing how Mireille's self confidence shifts throughout the novel. Explore what of her distorted beliefs and perspectives shift after she is kidnapped. Use evidence from the text to explain your reasoning.

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