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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the soldiers looking for in Madan Roger's house?

2. Why doesn't the female narrator's father approve of her boyfriend?

3. Where do the Haitian people gather to meet the president?

4. What does the female narrator refer to the soldiers as?

5. What does the narrator say lies beyond the mountains?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Think about Madan Roger. What is significant about her? What does she represent in the story? Be sure to use examples.

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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