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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the female narrator's father sleep at his brother's house?

2. What does the narrators father call the place they are escaping to?

3. Why do the female narrator and her father get into fights so often?

4. What did the female narrator's neighbor Madan Roger come home with?

5. How does the female narrator bathe herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Think about how the female narrator's conflict with her father comes to a close. What does this conflict tell us about the narrator? Be descriptive.

Essay Topic 3

"If I was a girl, maybe I would have been at home and not out politicking and getting myself into something like this." Think about this quote from the male narrator. Do you think that his gender brings about the narrator's situation? What character on the boat could perhaps refute this claim? Do you agree with the narrator? Does gender determine safety?

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