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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shows up at Sarah's house as she and Little Bee are talking about the future?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Lawrence's wife.
(c) Charlie's teacher.
(d) Lawrence.

2. How does Sarah react to Charlie's behavior?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She is angry with the school.
(c) She breaks down.
(d) She is embarrassed.

3. What does Lawrence threaten to do to Little Bee?
(a) Kill her.
(b) Turn her in.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Rape her.

4. What does the reader begin to feel toward Little Bee?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Admiration.

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

6. What does Sarah ask Little Bee to do when she wakes?
(a) To tell her where the detention center is.
(b) To tell her what happened after the oil men dragged away.
(c) To take care of Charlie.
(d) To describe her life at the detention center.

7. How do they get there?
(a) They take the train.
(b) They walk.
(c) They drive in Sarah's car.
(d) They take a taxi.

8. How did Little Bee travel to England?
(a) On a tea ship.
(b) On an army ship.
(c) She swam.
(d) By airplane.

9. How does Little Bee see the world?
(a) As full of possibility.
(b) As a scary place.
(c) As a cruel place.
(d) As a dark place.

10. What does Little Bee offer Charlie in exchange for taking off his costume?
(a) A chance to go swimming.
(b) To buy him a new costume.
(c) To tell him her real name.
(d) A chance to go fishing.

11. How did Andrew react to the affair?
(a) He left for several days.
(b) He hit Sarah.
(c) He beat Andrew up.
(d) He killed himself.

12. What did the men find on the beach that made them stop?
(a) An abandoned house.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A cliff.
(d) An abandoned boat.

13. What does Little Bee do when she and Sarah return to the house?
(a) Goes to bed.
(b) Watches TV with Charlie.
(c) Packs to leave.
(d) Makes breakfast.

14. What warning does Lawrence give Little Bee?
(a) Never to tell Sarah the story she just told him.
(b) That she needs a lawyer.
(c) To tell Sarah or he will.
(d) That she could be guilty of murder.

15. Why does Lawrence want to talk to Little Bee?
(a) He wants her to turn herself in to the police.
(b) He wants her to live with him.
(c) He wants to send her back to Nigeria.
(d) He wants her to keep running.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do to Little Bee's sister?

2. Where did the men take the girls after the couple left?

3. What does Little Bee tell Charlie about her name?

4. What news was on TV when Sarah first met Lawrence?

5. What did Sarah suggest to help her and Andrew work things out?

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