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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the refugees see in a picture of the Haitian president that angers them?
2. Where did the Generalissimo work as a young man?
3. Why does Wilner discourage the travelers from lighting fires?
4. Who is named official godfather of many of the children being baptized at the same time as Rosalinda?
5. When Amabelle dreams of her mother, what does she picture the woman wearing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout The Farming of Bones, Edwidge Danticat weaves actual events from history into her fictional story. Select one of the situations where she places her characters within a real historical context and:
1) Describe the historical context of the scene or chapter (i.e., What actually happened in history that Danticat uses in the book?)
2) Discuss the relationship between the historical context and the fictional story. What does this piece of history have to do with Amabelle's life? Why does Danticat choose to place these characters at this particular point in the story in this particular historical context?
Essay Topic 2
Throughout The Farming of Bones, Edwidge Danticat juxtaposes scenes from the past in Haiti with the narrator's present life in the Dominican Republic. Select one of the pairs of chapters where she does this and:
1) Describe the past and present scenes presented in the chapter.
2) Discuss the relationship between the two scenes. What do the two scenes have to do with each other? Why does Danticat choose to place these two scenes from different time periods within the same chapter?
Essay Topic 3
Danticat's beautiful, lyrical language lends a layer of richness to the experience of reading The Farming of Bones. Select three instances where the author uses strong sensory language and:
1) Describe the language she uses.
2) Discuss the impact of the language on your experience of reading this scene. How does your understanding of the story change because of this language? How is it enhanced? Is it more or less pleasurable? Why?
Cite several specific examples from the novel to support your ideas.
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