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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who released Yvette from the detention center?
(a) Her parents.
(b) A female officer.
(c) A judge.
(d) A male officer.

2. What is the name of Sarah's son?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Michael.
(d) David.

3. What does Sarah realize during the funeral?
(a) She wants to have another child.
(b) Her family doesn't support her.
(c) There were signs of how Andrew was feeling.
(d) Andrew was having an affair.

4. How long ago was Sarah and Andrew's vacation in Nigeria?
(a) Two years ago.
(b) Six weeks ago.
(c) Six months ago.
(d) Two months ago.

5. Where has Little Bee lived for the past two years?
(a) A refugee camp in London.
(b) A detention center in London.
(c) A detention center in Africa.
(d) A refugee camp in Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 2 is written from which character's point of view?

2. What outfit does Charlie always wear?

3. What does Sarah feel killed her husband?

4. What caused Andrew to feel the way he did?

5. What does Sarah realize during the ceremony at the grave site?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Yvette?

2. Why might the author have written this book about immigration?

3. What does Sarah conclude caused Andrew's depression?

4. What does Charlie do at the graveside burial?

5. Who does Little Bee call from the detention center?

6. How did Little Bee and her sister meet Sarah and Andrew?

7. What does being an illegal immigrant ultimately mean for Little Bee?

8. Why does the taxi driver become angry and leave the girls at the detention center?

9. Why does Sarah ask Little Bee to discuss the day on the Nigerian beach two years before?

10. How did Sarah fail Charlie at the burial?

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