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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. Which newspaper does Darisse look in to try to find news of Claude?

2. Where did Reyna grow up?

3. Which stoic does Kiki tell Reyna she should read in Chapter 2?

4. Whose name goes on the car registration that Boyd and his friends use for their smuggling scheme?

5. What kind of flowers does Silas have in his apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sally tell Teddy she is breaking off their affair?

2. Why is Darisse unable to have custody of her two year-old daughter, Jeshauna?

3. What does Reyna think might be in her apartment somewhere, and what does she plan to do with it if she finds it?

4. How does Kiki's attitude toward Reyna change after Hurricane Sandy?

5. What does Kiki end up doing for a living after her own shop fails, and how does her family feel about it?

6. What was the main reason that Teddy and Sally got divorced?

7. What is Darisse's job and what is the reader's impression of how well she performs it?

8. What does Kiki's Turkish boyfriend decide to do when he stops selling carpets?

9. Who is Reyna upset to hear is coming to visit Boyd at Rikers Island and why is she upset about it?

10. What does Darisse do to try to win back Lionel's favor when he is upset with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining what Reyna's overall impression of Kiki seems to be. Conversely, how does Kiki seem to want Reyna to view her? Cite specific examples from the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing why Dieter's brief meeting with Kiki seems to have made such an impression on him, to the point that after spending only one platonic night with her in the seventies, he thinks of her at length decades later when he sees an artifact in a New York City museum.

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between what Kiki tells Reyna about why her marriage to Osman fell apart and the full story of what really happened between Kiki and Osman? Write an essay explaining your answer.

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