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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. Why does Sophie get up early in the morning in Chapter 16?
2. How does Sophie feel after she has her baby?
3. What is Louise selling on the side of the road?
4. In which language does Sophie's mother often speak to the people passing by?
5. How old is Sophie when she meets Joseph?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why do Sophie's mother and grandmother go to the notary together?
3. What happens between Sophie and Joseph when she pulls into their house?
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 does Atie do instead of going to Louise's house one night now that Sophie's mother is in town?
6. What happens when Sophie returns to Haiti for her mother's funeral?
7. After the argument between the Macoute and the coal vendor, what does Sophie's grandmother tell Sophie about aunt Atie's recent behavior?
8. When Sophie is leaving in the van, she describes a sight called Guinea. What is Guinea?
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 does Sophie think about when she looks at a picture of her and Joseph on their wedding day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sophie's life changes drastaically when she moves to New York and lives with her mother. Describe in your own words what Sophie does when she first gets to the States. How does she adapt? Who does she meet? How does she feel?
Essay Topic 2
The four main characters in "Breath, Eyes, Memory" are Sophie, her mother, her grandmother, and her aunt. They represent females of different generations in the same family. Compare and contrast the relationships between these four women and describe how these relationships develop over the course of the book.
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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