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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 did the couple think the sound was coming from the jungle?

2. How did Sarah try to communicate with Andrew the morning he died?

3. What does Sarah ask Little Bee to remember?

4. What nationality is Sarah?

5. What do the oil men demand from the couple in exchange for the girls' lives?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Yvette?

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

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

5. What does Charlie do at the graveside burial?

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

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

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

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

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 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 tries to do everything she can to help Little Bee after the girl is detained by the police. She continues to help the girl even after Little Bee tells her she was there when Andrew died. Why do you think helping Little Bee is so important to Sarah? Is she driven by guilt? Fear? Obligation? Love? Why do you feel the way you do?

Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

From what you have read, how does the author feel about the immigration policies in the United Kingdom? How do you know this? What evidence can you find from the text to support your assertion? Why might the author have written this book?

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