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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 Sarah ask Little Bee to remember?

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

3. What country is Yvette from?

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

5. How did Andrew die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sarah fail Charlie at the burial?

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

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

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

6. Who are the oil men?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah has a number of realizations while attending Andrew's funeral. How has she failed both Andrew and Charlie? Why did she ignore Andrew's feelings? Why did she not prepare Charlie for the funeral as she should have? How could she have done things differently?

Essay Topic 2

Little Bee has said that Little Bee is not her true name, but is one that she created for herself while she and her sister were running from the oil men. Why did Little Bee change her name? How does her new name allow her to hide from her past? Do you think that Little Bee has hidden from her past very well? Why or why not?

Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Lawrence immediately takes charge when Charlie is missing at the river. In doing so, he instructs Little Bee to call the police to report that Charlie is gone. Why do you think Lawrence had Little Bee call the police instead of doing it himself? Do you feel he had an ulterior motive? Why did Little Bee agree to contact the police?

Use the text to support your answer.

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