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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. Where does Little Bee decide to go after she runs?
(a) To the police station.
(b) To the detention center.
(c) To Nigeria.
(d) To the O'Rourkes' home.

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

3. What country is Yvette from?
(a) Peru.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Gamiba.
(d) The United States.

4. What is Little Bee given as she leaves the place she has lived for two years?
(a) Details of a job.
(b) A plastic bag with her posessions.
(c) The location of a homeless shelter.
(d) Five dollars and some food.

5. What did Little Bee do when the oil men came to her village?
(a) She killed two of the men.
(b) She played dead.
(c) She and her sister hid in their apartment.
(d) She and her sister ran into the jungle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the oil men continue to hunt for Little Bee and her sister?

2. What do the oil men demand from the couple in exchange for the girls' lives?

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

4. Who does Sarah find on her doorstep as she is leaving for a funeral?

5. Who is saved when the woman cuts off her finger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might Sarah have invited Little Bee to attend Andrew's funeral?

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

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

4. Who are the oil men?

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

6. Where do the girls end up staying the night?

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

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

9. What does Little Bee's lie to the taxi company tell the reader about her character?

10. How did Sarah and Andrew become involved with Little Bee, her sister and the oil men?

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