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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 do the men do to Little Bee?

2. Where did the men take the girls after the couple left?

3. What does Sarah do when she and Little Bee get back to the house?

4. What do Sarah and Lawrence begin to argue about?

5. What does Little Bee do when she and Sarah return to the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sarah and Lawrence meet?

3. How did Little Bee get to England?

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

5. What happened to Little Bee and her sister?

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

7. Why might Little Bee feel a connection to Charlie?

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

9. Why does Sarah want to know what happened to Little Bee and her sister after they were dragged away from Sarah and Andrew?

10. What does Sarah tell Little Bee she found in Andrew's office?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Everyone in the book "Little Bee" allows their fear and disappointment to effect their lives. What are the following characters afraid of? How has their fear effected them? Provide examples from the text to support your assertions.

1) Andrew

2) Little Bee

3) Sarah

4) Charlie

5) Lawrence

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

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.

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