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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 is Little Bee allowed to call on the telephone?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) A friend.
(d) A taxi.

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

3. How old is Sarah?
(a) Early twenties.
(b) Late twenties.
(c) Middle-aged.
(d) In her teens.

4. What do the oil men demand from the couple in exchange for the girls' lives?
(a) They each cut off a toe.
(b) Their passports.
(c) They each cut off a finger.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to Little Bee if she is caught illegally in the UK?

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

3. Why does Sarah call Lawrence?

4. What does Little Bee discover when she wakes during the night?

5. What did Little Bee and her sister do as they waited for dawn to come?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sarah fail Charlie at the burial?

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

3. What horrible truth does Little Bee learn from Yvette while at the dormitory?

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

5. What does Charlie do at the graveside burial?

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

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

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

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

10. What did the oil men demand from Sarah and Andrew in exchange for the girls' lives?

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