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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 Atie and Sophie say about Brigitte on the way home?

2. What does Sophie see on the drive out of Croix-des-Rosets?

3. When was the picture taken of Sophie and Joseph that Sophie looks at?

4. Where does Joseph take Sophie when he comes home from touring the first time?

5. Who is the woman that picks Sophie up also caring for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie do after the conversation about her mother with her therapist?

2. What happens in Chapter 14 when Sophie and her aunt Atie walk home after Sophie arrives with a van?

3. What happens at the sexual phobia group Sophie attends in Chapter 31?

4. What does Sophie's therapist tell Sophie after she explains her mother's condition?

5. In Book 3, Chapter 26, Sophie overhears her mother and grandmother talking. What are they talking about and what happens after the conversation?

6. Why does Sophie's mother come to visit in Haiti?

7. Why do Sophie's mother and grandmother go to the notary together?

8. What happens at the house of Sophie's grandmother after she and Atie have an argument about Atie's reading lessons?

9. Sophie falls in love with Joseph when she is eighteen. Who is Joseph and how does she fall in love with him?

10. What happens the second time Sophie's mother tries to test her and she fails?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sophie's priorities and personality change over the course of the book. Compare the changes she experiences through the four books.

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

"Breath, Eyes, Memory" is split up into four books. Describe the setting of each book and explain why these settings change. Why is each setting important for the plot? How does each setting affect the main character Sophie?

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