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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Little Bee stop as she was walking down the beach?
(a) At the hotel.
(b) At the abandoned boat.
(c) At the edge of the jungle.
(d) At a harbor.

2. Where did Little Bee hide before she revealed herself to Sarah?
(a) In the attic.
(b) At the park.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In the basement.

3. What does Little Bee take with her from the beach?
(a) Andrew's driver's license and business card.
(b) Rope from the boat.
(c) A seashell from the water.
(d) Sarah's driver's license and business card.

4. How did Charlie react to what the teachers had done?
(a) He shut down.
(b) He laughed.
(c) He cried.
(d) He became violent.

5. Who is the press officer at the Home Office?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Michael.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Sarah.

6. What happens once Sarah returns home?
(a) She and Lawrence argue about his wife.
(b) She and Lawrence argue about Little Bee.
(c) She and Lawrence argue about Charlie.
(d) She and Lawrence argue about her job.

7. Who calls while Sarah and Little Bee are talking?
(a) The nursery school.
(b) The police.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Charlie.

8. Why doesn't Sarah want to give up on her relationship with Lawrence?
(a) He is abusive and won't let her leave him.
(b) He is wealthy.
(c) She needs him to keep her job.
(d) She feels she is too old to find another love.

9. How long before Andrew's suicide did Little Bee arrive at the O'Rourke house?
(a) Two days.
(b) An hour.
(c) A week.
(d) Three days.

10. What happens to Charlie as the adults are preoccupied?
(a) He disappears.
(b) He talks to strangers.
(c) He takes off his costume.
(d) He drowns.

11. Where did the men take the girls after the couple left?
(a) Down the beach.
(b) To their village.
(c) Into the jungle.
(d) To the city.

12. What does Little Bee tell Sarah on the way home?
(a) That she must leave in the morning.
(b) That she will stay with them while they adjust to losing Andrew.
(c) That she hates them and they deserve their fate.
(d) That she wants to become Charlie's nanny.

13. What does Little Bee find on the beach?
(a) Andrew's wallet.
(b) Sarah's wallet.
(c) A police officer.
(d) More oil men.

14. What does Sarah tell Little Bee after Little Bee tells her she is illegal and scared?
(a) Sarah says she will call the police.
(b) Sarah says nothing, she is too upset to speak.
(c) Sarah says she will try to help.
(d) Sarah says she must go back to the center.

15. What does Little Bee discuss with Charlie?
(a) The day on the beach in Nigeria.
(b) His feelings toward his mother.
(c) The need to not hide behind a disguise.
(d) His feelings toward his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do to Little Bee?

2. What does Little Bee admit to Lawrence?

3. What does Little Bee threaten to do in return?

4. What do Sarah and Little Bee purchase the morning after Lawrence's visit?

5. How did Lawrence feel about writing a condolence letter to the Home Secretary?

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