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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 Sarah tell Little Bee after Little Bee tells her she is illegal and scared?

2. What happened after Little Bee and Andrew talked in the garden?

3. Who did Sarah write for?

4. What does Little Bee admit to Lawrence?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sarah and Lawrence meet?

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

3. What memory does Little Bee have of her life with her sister?

4. How did Little Bee escape from the oil men?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Little Bee want to know about when she and Sarah go to the store for milk?

10. What happened after Andrew found out about Sarah's affair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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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