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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 Clare do at the end of "Chapter 4"?

2. Who brings Kitty to the United States?

3. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?

4. Why does Jennie come to live with Clare and Boy?

5. How old is Christopher when his grandmother dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ruinate?

2. What has happened to the house described, in "Chapter 1"?

3. What happens after Kitty changes the notes, in "Chapter 3"?

4. What was Christopher's childhood like?

5. What probably leads Christopher to kill Paul's family?

6. What happens when Clare asks Jennie about their mother, in "Chapter 4"?

7. What is revealed about Paul and Christopher when they talk to each other, in "Chapter 2"?

8. How does Jennie adjust to life in the United States, in "Chapter 4"?

9. How does Clare feel about her relationship with Kitty after Kitty returns to Jamaica?

10. What does the truck do, in "Chapter 1"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What commentary does the author provide on masculinity and being male?

Essay Topic 2

How does Clare's family influence her? What message about blood relatives does this novel provide?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of Christopher in this novel? What does he symbolize? How does he influence the development of the novel?

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