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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. Where are the words "no telephone to heaven" painted?

2. What does Christopher say his grandmother used to call "the sleep of the righteous"?

3. Who brings Kitty to the United States?

4. How does Clare say she felt after her mother left for Jamaica?

5. How does Clare learn that Miss Mattie's land has been abandoned?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Clare introduced in "Chapter 4"?

2. What was Christopher's childhood like?

3. What job does Kitty have, in "Chapter 3"?

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

5. How do the soldiers in "Chapter 1" feel about ruinate?

6. What does Kitty do with the notes, in "Chapter 3"?

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

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

9. Who is Miss Mattie?

10. In "Chapter 1," how are the soldiers' lifestyles described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does "No Telephone to Heaven" present, and comment on, double colonization?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the theme of religion, in "No Telephone to Heaven." How are the different religions presented? How do they relate?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of the Jamaican landscape in this novel. Consider the ruinate, dungle, cities, and Miss Mattie's land.

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