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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. Who are the Assads?

2. What is Guy and Lili’s son called at school, on account of his hair?

3. Who is the first narrator of Children of the Sea?

4. What does Guy demonstrate to Lili?

5. What does her mother answer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Lili leave Guy’s eyes open at the end of A Wall of Fire Rising?

3. What happens when the soldiers come for the girl’s neighbor?

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

5. What is it like on the ship the boy is sailing in?

6. What news does Guy bring home, himself?

7. What is the history of the Madonna the girl carries?

8. Why is the boy fleeing from Haiti?

9. Describe the girl’s pilgrimage to the Massacre River.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Krik? Krak! relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 2

How would you rewrite Krik? Krak!, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.

Essay Topic 3

When is Krik? Krak! most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?

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