View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does the boy surprise his father?
(a) He has learned the whole history of Haiti’s slave revolt.
(b) He already knows his lines.
(c) He has already borrowed clothes.
(d) He has already been rehearsing with his classmates.

2. Who does Boukman see in the wall of fire that rises?
(a) The teeth of his enemies.
(b) The bodies of the slaveholders.
(c) The faces of the government soldiers.
(d) The bones of his ancestors.

3. What do the prison guards suspect the girl’s mother of being?
(a) A terrorist.
(b) A spy.
(c) A witch.
(d) A provocateur.

4. What does the boy say he is glad his boat is not full of?
(a) Old people.
(b) Pregnant women.
(c) Children.
(d) Cubans.

5. What does the girl do when the mother takes the statue of the madonna from her?
(a) She begins to pray.
(b) She begins to hyperventilate.
(c) She bursts into tears.
(d) She begins to sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose name is no one mentioning, according to the girl?

2. What does the girl say she wishes she could do?

3. What is the dinner table made of, in Guy and Lili’s house?

4. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?

5. What was the prison used for before it was a prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the American involvement in 1937?

2. Describe the girl’s trip to visit her mother in prison.

3. Describe the prison where the mother is kept.

4. Describe the circumstances in which Guy and Lili live.

5. What is the importance of Boukman’s speech in A Wall of Fire Rising?

6. What happens to the boy in the end of the story?

7. What news does Guy bring home, himself?

8. What are the mood and tone of this story?

9. What is the significance of the hot-air balloon in A Wall of Fire Rising?

10. How does the boy in Children of the Sea describe his love for the girl?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 925 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample