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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. How did the person who released Yvette hide what they did?

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

3. How many girls are in line for the phone?

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

5. How old is Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who are the oil men?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah believes that she, Charlie, Little Bee and Andrew have all taken on personae that they hide behind. Charlie's desire to be Batman is the most obvious example of this. What personae have these characters taken on? Why might they have chosen to hide from their realities? Would their lives have been different if they had faced up to their fears?

Explain your answer in depth.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 9 Sarah, Charlie, Little Bee and Lawrence spend the day on the beach at the Thames river in London. This scene has many parallels to the day on the Nigerian beach two years before. What are some of the similarities and differences between the two scenes? Who is being asked to sacrifice themselves for a child now? Why do you think the author might have written the scene in this way?

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