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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 does Little Bee choose to call from the detention center?
(a) Andrew O'Rourke.
(b) Anna O'Rourke.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

2. What does Little Bee realize as she is outside waiting for the taxi?
(a) She has no food.
(b) She doesn't know the language.
(c) She is afraid of being free.
(d) She wants to go back to Nigeria.

3. How did Sarah try to communicate with Andrew the morning he died?
(a) She texted him.
(b) She wrote him a letter.
(c) She called him.
(d) She visited him.

4. Who did Little Bee meet on the beach in Nigeria before she was detained?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Andrew O'Rourke.
(d) Anna O'Rourke.

5. What nationality is the author of this book?
(a) Dutch.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Little Bee headed when she leaves the detention center?

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

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

4. What point of view is this story written in?

5. Where do the girls end up staying for the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Little Bee know Andrew?

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Yvette?

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