View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sophie's therapist scold her the first time she goes back to her?

2. What does Sophie's grandmother tell Martine on a cassette?

3. Who is asleep when the family arrives back in New York?

4. What do Macoutes do?

5. Who is present at dinner on the weekend Sophie's mother has visitors over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Talk about the relationship between Sophie and her mother and how it changes over the course of the book. Compare their relationship through the four books. Do you think both women came to terms with each other? Why do you think that?

Essay Topic 2

The Haitian government is violent and the Haitian people are fearful of it. This theme appears several times over the course of the book. Where is this displayed in "Breath, Eyes, Memory?" Give three examples of the fear and/or the violent regime.

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 273 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample