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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. What did the girls hear coming from the jungle?
(a) Children crying.
(b) The sound of dogs.
(c) The sound of guns.
(d) A news crew.

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

3. What were the oil men carrying as weapons when they emerged from the jungle?
(a) Knives.
(b) Guns.
(c) Clubs.
(d) Machetes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Little Bee secure a taxi for the group?

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

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

4. What country is Yvette from?

5. How did Andrew die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who are the oil men?

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

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

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

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

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