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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) A male officer.
(b) A female officer.
(c) Her parents.
(d) A judge.

2. How did Charlie anger Sarah the morning Little Bee called?
(a) He made a mess she had to clean.
(b) He yelled at his parents.
(c) He made his parents breakfast in bed.
(d) He ran away from home.

3. What happens once the taxi arrives?
(a) The taxi is full.
(b) The women act strange.
(c) The driver doubles the fare.
(d) The center won't allow them to be picked up.

4. What does Little Bee discover about Yvette while staying in the empty dormitory?
(a) She is a thief.
(b) She was released without the proper papers.
(c) She is not as old as she looks.
(d) She is a murderer.

5. What does Little Bee face if she returns to Nigeria?
(a) Certain death.
(b) A heavy fine.
(c) A family reunion.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Little Bee and her sister beg the couple to do?

2. How many other girls were released because of Yvette?

3. What did the girls see on the beach in the morning?

4. How did Sarah try to communicate with Andrew the morning he died?

5. What did the oil men do to Little Bee's village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why has Little Bee been a detention center for so long?

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

5. Why might the taxi company refuse to pick up immigrants?

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

7. What did Sarah and Andrew do in response to the oil men's bargain?

8. What does Sarah come to realize about Andrew's depression during the funeral?

9. Why does Little Bee decide to leave the farm?

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

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