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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 is Leve?

2. What is Callie doing when Kim meets her for the first time?

3. What song does Greg request for Kim on New Year's Eve?

4. What does Neah's mother do for a living?

5. Who moves into Jeanne's apartment after she mysteriously leaves one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "Seven," and what is it about?

2. Who are the members of Carol's family and how do they react to her dementia?

3. What song does Greg request for Kim and why?

4. What is Kim's experience seeing the "real" island?

5. Where does the short story, "Sunrise, Sunset," get its name from?

6. What are the tattoos that Lucy and Neah have?

7. Why does Jeanne decide to christen Jude?

8. Who is Callie's father and how did he impact her life and their family?

9. Who is Miss Ruby and why is she important to the story?

10. How does Lucy describe the Leve office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select four characters throughout the book and explain how they are static or dynamic characters. Analyze how their changes or lack thereof impact the arc of the story.

Essay Topic 2

How are wealth and poverty expressed in the text? Select two different characters as examples.

Essay Topic 3

How does Danticat use secondary characters in her stories? Select three secondary characters and analyze their roles with their respective stories.

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