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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 does the narrator help Melisande take her medication?

2. What class does Anika teach at Miami Dade College?

3. What is the gift that Anika has prepared for Thomas?

4. How old was Nadia's mother when she came to America?

5. How many times had Nadia met her father before his wife calls her and asks her to come to see him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

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

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

9. What happens when Nadia gets to the house to see her father, in Section 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the theme of death in "In the Old Day" and explain how death changes the relationship between the characters.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How is setting an important element in the book? Select 3 different settings and explain how these settings act as characters in the book.

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