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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 does Boukman see in the wall of fire that rises?
2. What does the son do to make Guy angry?
3. What is the girl’s mother’s connection with the Massacre River?
4. Who does the girl say is her most trusted friend at Ville Rose?
5. What is Guy and Lili’s son called at school, on account of his hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is it like in Haiti where the girl remains after the boy’s departure?
2. What consolation is there for the girl after her mother dies?
3. Why is the girl’s mother in prison?
4. What happens when the soldiers come for the girl’s neighbor?
5. What happens to the boy in the end of the story?
6. Describe the girl’s trip to visit her mother in prison.
7. What are the mood and tone of this story?
8. What is the importance of Boukman’s speech in A Wall of Fire Rising?
9. What is the history of the Massacre River?
10. What news does Lili greet Guy with?
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
Identify the most important plot points in Krik? Krak!. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
Essay Topic 3
Who is the audience for Krik? Krak!? What is the ideal reader for Krik? Krak! likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
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