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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. Who is Agwé?
2. What does the male narrator have with him besides the notebook?
3. What is odd about Celianne's baby?
4. Who did the male narrator leave behind in Haiti?
5. Why does the male narrator have to throw out his notebook?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to the male narrator when he tries to sing?
2. What do we find out about the female narrator's boyfriend from Manman? How does this mirror Manman's own life?
3. Describe the internal conflict of humanity vs. survival on the boat. What do the passengers choose to overlook? As their situation becomes more dire, what conflicts arise between them?
4. Who is Madan Roger? What happens to her?
5. What does the young man on the boat have to prove that he is a political refugee? Why is it necessary to have these things?
6. Describe the Banyan tree. Why is it important?
7. What phrase do both the narrators use to describe their love for one another? How is this significant?
8. Describe the background between Manman and the narrator's father. How does this mirror his expectations for his daughter?
9. What happens in the male narrator's dream?
10. What does the female narrator ask of her boyfriend? How does this differ from his request to her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"I go to them now as though it was always meant to be, as though the very day that my mother birthed me, she had chosen me to live life eternal, among the children of the deep blue sea, those who have escaped the chains of slavery to form a world beneath the heavens and the blood-drenched earth where you live."
Consider the quote above. Explain its significance in the story. Pay special attention to syntax, tone, diction, imagery and meaning.
Essay Topic 2
Think about the two different styles of writing each narrator uses. What does this tell us about each character? How does this contrast with their surroundings?
Essay Topic 3
Think about all the gruesome descriptions the female narrator offers. What tone does she take when describing? What does this tell us about the narrator? About Haitians?
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