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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 do Sophie and her grandmother buy at the market?
2. How long does Joseph stay in Providence after the incident between Sophie and her mother?
3. What is the name of Sophie's daughter?
4. What happens the second time Sophie's mother tries to test her?
5. What does Sophie's aunt learn to do while Sophie is away?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sophie's grandmother do when Sophie sits on the porch, watching a pack of rainbow butterflies?
2. One night Sophie's grandmother cooks beans and she and Sophie have a conversation about Sophie's husband. What do they talk about?
3. What happens the night Joseph comes home from touring and takes Sophie out to the Note?
4. 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?
5. Sophie and her grandmother eat their dinner outside in the yard, watching a light move back and forth in the distance. What does this light mean? What happens to it?
6. What do Louise and Sophie talk about when Sophie gets out of the van and sees Louise?
7. Sophie asks her mother why she put her through those tests. What does Sophie's mother answer?
8. What happens during the potluck dinner Atie and Sophie attend in Chapter 1?
9. After the argument between the Macoute and the coal vendor, what does Sophie's grandmother tell Sophie about aunt Atie's recent behavior?
10. Sophie asks her grandmother why mothers test their children. What does her grandmother answer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sophie and Joseph's relationship develops over the years. Which changes occur? What causes these changes? Compare their relationship when Sophie is eighteen, when she has a daughter in Haiti, and when she returns to the United States.
Essay Topic 2
The author uses certain techniques in "Breath, Eyes, Memory" to connect the readers to the Haitian culture. How does she manage to do this? Give a few examples.
Essay Topic 3
Storytelling is important in "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Who tells most of these stories? What do they represent and why are they told? How do they further the plot?
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