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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. In "Chapter 6," how does Bobby react when Clare says she is going to get food in the middle of the night?

2. Why does Christopher cry at the end of "Chapter 9"?

3. In "Chapter 7," how is the woman described?

4. How does Clare know Liz?

5. Why does the interviewer talk to Clare?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Chapter 8," what does the doctor tell Clare?

2. Why does Clare say the burial grounds on Miss Mattie's land is "unquiet"?

3. What happens when the helicopter flies overhead during the film shoot?

4. Why does Harry/Harriet believe that Clare should stay in Jamaica?

5. What do Clare and Harry/Harriet do during her visit to Jamaica?

6. What is the author worried about, in "Chapter 7"?

7. What happens to Clare during her ship ride to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?

8. What does Clare do with her friend Liz, in "Chapter 5"?

9. How would you describe the beginning of Clare and Bobby's relationship?

10. In "Chapter 6," what does Harry/Harriet write to Clare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Explore the role of the geographic movement in this novel. Consider the places Clare goes and how her physical movement relates to emotional movement.

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