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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 the first narrator referring to in this sentence? "She is short and speaks in a singsong that reminds me of the villages of the north."

2. What does the male narrator say has finally made him an African?

3. What was the name given to the Radio group the male narrator belonged to?

4. What is the difference between day and night in the boat?

5. What color does the first narrator say the sea is at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do they name Celianne's child? What does the male narrator say about naming a child? What does this contrast tell us?

2. How does the female narrator bathe in ville rose?

3. What happens at the airport? How does this tie to what the female narrator says about hope?

4. What does the male narrator say about religion? What are his beliefs, if any?

5. How does Madan Roger's behavior differ from that of the female narrator's family?

6. Describe Celianne.

7. Describe the Banyan tree. Why is it important?

8. What happens after the female narrator thanks her father? What is significant about this?

9. Describe the male narrator's interaction with the old man on the boat.

10. What does the female narrator tell her father at the dinner table? Why does she do this? What is his reaction?

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 author's use of color in the story. When is it used? What impact does it have?

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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