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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 Charlie anger Sarah the morning Little Bee called?

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

3. What does Sarah feel killed her husband?

4. Why does Sarah call Lawrence?

5. Chapter 2 is written from which character's point of view?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Little Bee know Andrew?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist in a story is not always an obvious "bad guy". The oil men are obvious antagonist, but what about Sarah's lover Lawrence? Would you classify Lawrence as antagonist (someone whom the hero/heroine struggles against) or would you classify him as a protagonist (someone helpful to the hero/heroine)?

Choose either antagonist or protagonist (no in between). Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The incident at Charlie's nursery school represents a turning point in the relationship between Little Bee and the O'Rourkes. What is the turning point? How does Little Bee's reaction to Charlie's pain change the way that Little Bee views Sarah and her son? Do you think that Little Bee's compassion for Charlie also extends toward Sarah? Explain your answers.

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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