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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 life form does the woman in the story Sophie heard take on in order to stop bleeding?
2. Who is the woman that picks Sophie up also caring for?
3. What does Sophie notice when she sees her grandmother naked outside in the bath shack?
4. Why does Atie need to go to the market?
5. Where is the item that arrives for the family the day an outsider joins supper?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens at Sophie's mother's apartment the weekend that Joseph, Sophie, and Brigitte drive there on the weekend?
2. What does Sophie initially talk about with her therapist in Chapter 32?
3. What does Atie do instead of going to Louise's house one night now that Sophie's mother is in town?
4. 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?
5. After the argument between the Macoute and the coal vendor, what does Sophie's grandmother tell Sophie about aunt Atie's recent behavior?
6. What has changed in Sophie's life when the third book opens with Chapter 13?
7. What does Sophie do after the conversation about her mother with her therapist?
8. What does Sophie's room in Brooklyn look like?
9. 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?
10. What do Louise and Sophie talk about when Sophie gets out of the van and sees Louise?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edwidge Danticat set the book in Haiti and in the United States. Why did she set the book in these places and what is her goal with this book? Did she achieve that goal?
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
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?
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