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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the taxi company tell one of the girls on the phone?

2. Where do Little Bee and the other girls wait for their taxi?

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

4. What does Sarah ask Little Bee to remember?

5. While in detention, Little Bee worked hard to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who are the oil men?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Review the horrible events that took place on the beach in Nigeria. Answer the following questions:

1) What do you think about the incident on the beach in Nigeria?

2) Do you blame Andrew for the death of Little Bee's sister?

3) Are Little Bee and Sarah being fair by placing blame on Andrew? Why or why not?

4) Who is ultimately to blame for what happened to Little Bee and her sister? Why do you feel the way you do?

Essay Topic 2

While cleaning Andrew's office Sarah comes across some research that leads her to believe that he was planning to write a book about girls like Little Bee. Sarah tells Little Bee of her discovery and the two of them agree that Sarah should continue Andrew's work.

1) Do you believe that this is the right thing to do? Why or why not?

2) How might writing the book help Sarah honor Andrew's memory?

3) How might the book help Little Bee?

Essay Topic 3

Would Little Bee have been sent back to Nigeria if Yvette hadn't had her released illegally from the detention center? Why or why not? What are you basing your theory on? Provide examples to support your theory.

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