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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 old is Melisande?

2. What is Nadia's mother's restaurant named?

3. What nickname does Gaspard call Elsie?

4. What does Maurice's wife give Nadia to eat when she gets to Miami?

5. What does Blaise say happened to Olivia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Is this a feminist text? Give examples to support your answer.

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