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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. How old is Sophie in the beginning of the book?

2. Where does Sophie bathe in Chapter 16?

3. What is Louise selling on the side of the road?

4. Why has Sophie's mother not met Brigitte yet?

5. What is the name of Sophie's mother's boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens when Sophie and Joseph go to bed after Sophie calls her mom?

4. Pictures play an important role in Chapter 19. Why does Sophie want to take a picture of her grandmother and how does her grandmother react?

5. What happens in when Sophie comes home after talking to her therapist about her mother in Chapter 35?

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

7. What name does Sophie make up for her boyfriend and how does her mother react?

8. Two special events happen during dinner in Chapter 20. Which two events are different than other nights?

9. How does Sophie feel after the meeting at her sexual phobia group?

10. What happens the night Sophie's mother introduces her boyfriend Marc to Sophie and what do they talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Atie's behavior changes over the course of the book. Explain the changes that happen to her. Compare how she behaves during the two different periods. How does she behave while raising Sophie? What does she do when Sophie returns to Haiti? What does Ifé think about Atie? Who's Atie's friend?

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