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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. How much are each of Melisande's pills from her first doctor?

2. What meal does Gaspard request?

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

4. When asked where she contracted the virus, what is Melisande's answer?

5. What painting is above Nadia's table?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the key physical differences in Thomas since the earthquake?

2. Who is Mona and how does Elsie describe her?

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

4. What is Nadia's "spot" and how does she describe it in Section 2?

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

6. How does Nadia's mother react when Nadia calls her after learning her father is dead?

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

8. Who was Dede swindled in the past?

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

10. Why is the Canadian doctor who Melisande goes to first concerned about Melisande?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Select at least 2 mother/daughter relationships in the book. Analyze the relationship and answer the following question: What is the role of motherhood in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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

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