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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 Little Bee realize as she is outside waiting for the taxi?

2. What point of view is this story written in?

3. What country is Yvette from?

4. What does Little Bee tell the taxi company?

5. Who helps Charlie when he is upset at the grave site?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why might Sarah have invited Little Bee to attend Andrew's funeral?

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

4. Who is Yvette?

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

6. How does Little Bee know Andrew?

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

8. What does Charlie do at the graveside burial?

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

10. How did Sarah fail Charlie at the burial?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

In Chapter 7 Little Bee explains to Lawrence that she was a witness to Andrew's suicide. She also admits that she might have been a catalyst in his decision to hang himself. How do you feel about what Little Bee has done?

1) Do you think that her actions at the O'Rourke home the day of the suicide are justified? Why or why not?

2) Compare Little Bee's failure to save Andrew with Andrew's failure to save Little Bee's sister. Who's crime is worse? Why?

3) Why do you think Little Bee chose to tell Lawrence of her failure to save Andrew?

4) Does this change how you feel about Little Bee? Why or why not?

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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