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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 fact of today's society is Little Bee struggling to understand?

2. What does Lawrence threaten to do to Little Bee?

3. What happens between Little Bee and Lawrence when she returns to the beach after talking to Sarah?

4. What does Little Bee admit to Lawrence?

5. Where did Little Bee stop as she was walking down the beach?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Little Bee want to stay with Sarah and Charlie for a while?

2. Why does Sarah want to help Little Bee?

3. How does Little Bee try to coax Charlie out of his Batman costume while they are at the beach?

4. What happened to Little Bee and her sister?

5. What did Little Bee do that may have contributed to Andrew's death?

6. How did Little Bee get to England?

7. Did the trip to Nigeria help or hurt Sarah and Andrew's relationship?

8. Why might Sarah be determined to help Little Bee?

9. Why did Sarah return home early from work the day after the funeral?

10. How does Little Bee and Lawrence's fight result in a stalemate?

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

The chapters in "Little Bee" are written from different points of view. Odd chapters are told by Little Bee and even chapters are told by Sarah.

1) Why might the author have chosen to tell the story in this way?

2) Does the the division of point of view help the story? Does it hurt the story?

3) How do the differing points of view help to move the plot along?

4) What other character's point of view would you like to have read about? Why?

Essay Topic 3

In the end of the novel, Little Bee is returned home to face the nightmare she tried to hide from. Sarah and Charlie must watch, helpless, as Little Bee faces her destiny.

1) Do you like the ending? Why or why not?

2) Could things have ended differently for the characters?

3) Should things have ended differently for the characters?

4) What do you feel is the ultimate message of the story?

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