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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. Where is Anika when she begins to miscarry?

2. What is Nadia doing at the start of "In the Old Days"?

3. What is Nadia's job?

4. What painting is above Nadia's table?

5. What has Anika started sketching?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Dede swindled in the past?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of love present in all 8 of the stories in the collection?

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