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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sophie offer her mother after she says she does not like being alone?

2. According to Atie, why should Sophie treat her mother well?

3. Where does Sophie sit the morning after Dessalines is killed?

4. What is Sophie watching the morning after Dessalines is killed?

5. What happens to Sophie's mother at the end of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Female characters are a big theme in the book. In the third book, a new female character, Brigitte, gets introduced. What is her role through the rest of the book? What is her liaison to the other female characters? Where is her importance displayed in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the relationship between Sophie's mother Martine and Sophie's aunt Atie. We read about them while they were young and when they meet in Haiti. They talk about each other to Sophie. What is important to them? What do they talk about to Sophie and to each other?

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