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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. Why does Harry/Harriet send Clare a letter, in "Chapter 6"?

2. How does Clare know Miss Cherry?

3. How does Clare return to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?

4. Why does Harry/Harriet describe sugarcane as being dangerous?

5. Why is Maypen Cemetery dug up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of questions does the interviewer ask Clare?

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

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

4. What does Harry/Harriet tell Clare about sugarcane?

5. Why does Harry/Harriet decide it is time to change, in "Chapter 10"?

6. In "Chapter 5," what makes Clare decide to visit Jamaica?

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

8. Why is Clare admired at her school in London?

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

10. Why does Clare travel throughout Europe with Bobby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast two of Clare's romantic relationships.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Examine the symbolism of "Gone with the Wind" in this novel.

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