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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 is the driver in the van calling Sophie on her way to La Nouvelle Dame Marie?

2. Where at her grandmother's house does Sophie drop her suitcase?

3. Where is Sophie's made up boyfriend?

4. Why does Atie need to go to the market?

5. What is Joseph's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Sophie and Joseph when she pulls into their house?

2. What happens at Sophie's mother's apartment the weekend that Joseph, Sophie, and Brigitte drive there on the weekend?

3. After the argument between the Macoute and the coal vendor, what does Sophie's grandmother tell Sophie about aunt Atie's recent behavior?

4. Sophie and her grandmother sit and listen to night sounds one night after dinner. What do they hear?

5. Why does Sophie's mother not look happy to be home?

6. Sophie calls her mother back when she gets home from dinner. What does Sophie's mother tell her?

7. The night of the conversation between Sophie and her grandmother, Sophie's grandmother tells a story to a group of neighborhood boys. What is this story about?

8. Sophie and her mother talk about their health in the plane on the way back to the United States. What starts the conversation and what do they say?

9. Sophie asks her grandmother why mothers test their children. What does her grandmother answer?

10. What happens during the week before Sophie leaves to see her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death is introduced as a theme at the end of the book. In this case, death equals freedom. Explain this motif. Who is set free? How and why?

Essay Topic 2

Erzulie, the Voodoo goddess of love, is mentioned in a few chapters. Why is she so important in the book? Which episodes do you remember about Erzulie and in which stories is she important?

Essay Topic 3

Dreams are another big theme in "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Who is having dreams? What do the dreams symbolize? Compare and contrast each character's dreams.

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