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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 is the gender of the first narrator?
2. Why does the male narrator leave Haiti?
3. Why do the other people on the boat offer to take care of the baby for Celianne?
4. Who said, "If you see me again, I'll be so dark?"
5. What do the Protestants see themselves as?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the Banyan tree. Why is it important?
2. Think about the final paragraphs the male narrator writes. Explore the contrast between the "deep blue sea" and the "blood drenched earth." Do you agree with the narrator's idea that he was meant to be a "child of the sea?"
3. What does the female narrator's father say about self-preservation that disturbs Manman?
4. Describe Ville Rose. Why is it special for the female narrator?
5. What does the male narrator remember about Miami?
6. What concern does the female narrator's father express for the male narrator? How is this significant?
7. What phrase do both the narrators use to describe their love for one another? How is this significant?
8. 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?
9. What does the male narrator ask of his girlfriend? What does this tell us about him?
10. Describe the conditions on the boat.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about the narrator's words to one another. What do their descriptions of love or messages/ pledges to one another tell us about their mindsets? Be sure to use examples.
Essay Topic 2
Think about the two narrators' surroundings. What do their descriptions of the sea and the mountains foreshadow in the story? What does this tell us about their relationship?
Essay Topic 3
"From here, I cannot even see the sea. Behind these mountains are more mountains and more black butterflies still and a sea that is endless like my love for you." Think about this quote from the end of the story. What is it's significance? What are its contrasting elements? What does this say about the narrator?
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