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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 does the narrator tell Babette to do about Melisande?

2. What is Nadia's job?

3. What nickname does Gaspard call Elsie?

4. Who is Xavier?

5. What is Nadia's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the narrator respond when Melisande tells her about her medical news?

5. What does Dede reveal to Elsie about Blaise in "Dosas"?

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

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

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

9. How did Anika and Thomas first meet?

10. What do the narrator and Babette talk about when they meet?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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

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