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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 Nadia's mother's restaurant named?

2. Who is Olivia?

3. What does Maurice's wife give Nadia to eat when she gets to Miami?

4. Where does Maurice want his ashes spread?

5. Where does the final scene of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special" take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nadia not know her father, in Section 2?

2. How does Nadia describe her father's wife?

3. How does the chapter 'The Gift' get its name?

4. What does Anika say initially attracted her to Thomas?

5. What happens between Dede and Elsie at the end of "Dosas"?

6. How does Elsie describe Olivia when she first meets and becomes friends with her in Section 1?

7. What does Anika do after she learns about the earthquake in Haiti?

8. What events lead up to Thomas and Anika pouring water on their heads?

9. What does the female Haitian doctor tell the narrator and Melisande?

10. What is Elsie's job in Section 1? Does she like it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a diaspora? How does it apply to this book? Use specific characters and plot lines as examples.

Essay Topic 2

In "Dosas," was Elsie and Blaise's marriage ever a happy one?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role that wealth and poverty have on the characters in the book. Select at least three stories and look at how wealth and poverty impact the characters.

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