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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 Harriet do for a living?

2. What does Jennie make Clare question in "Chapter 4"?

3. Why does Boy criticize Kitty's cooking, in "Chapter 3"?

4. What event happens before Kitty and Boy leave for the United States?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Christopher has a vision of his grandmother?

2. What do the soldiers want to do to Miss Mattie's land?

3. How is the truck in "Chapter 2" connected to religion?

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

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

6. How does Clare's life change after Kitty's death?

7. What things does Boy think will ruin his family's chance to pass as white?

8. What does Clare do, at the end of "Chapter 4"?

9. What is ruinate?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Harry/Harriet and Clare.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the use of history in this novel. Consider the history of colonization, civil rights, and Jamaica.

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