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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. How old are the narrators?

2. Who are the macoutes?

3. In what way does the girl recreate her visit to the Massacre River when she goes to see her mother?

4. How many people are passengers on the boat?

5. What does her mother answer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the history of the Massacre River?

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

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

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

5. Describe the prison where the mother is kept.

6. What consolation is there for the girl after her mother dies?

7. What news does Lili greet Guy with?

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

9. Why does Guy get angry at his son?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the difference between city and country in Krik? Krak!? How does Edwidge Danticat characterize each of these environments, and how does she define the differences that distinguish them?

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