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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 gift that Anika has prepared for Thomas?

2. What meal does Gaspard request?

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

4. How many children do Maurice and his wife have together?

5. Where is Melisande's first doctor from?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator help Melisande take her medication?

2. What is the job that the narrator and her husband have?

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

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

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

6. How does the earthquake in Haiti impact Thomas's life?

7. According to Blaise in Section 1, what happens to Olivia?

8. How does the chapter get it's name, "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?

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

10. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select three characters who are homesick in one way or another and explain homesickness is expressed in their story and how it impacts them.

Essay Topic 2

Is Nadia's mother a good mother? Do she and Nadia have a good relationship? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of death in the book. Select two stories that deal with the theme of death and explain how death impacts the characters and the plot.

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