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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 does Amy like to spend her free time?

2. Who else had wanted to go with Sylvie to the Netherlands?

3. Who is the inheritance passed down to?

4. What does Helena accuse Sylvie of doing?

5. Who picks Sylvie up at the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jim's family like?

2. How does Sylvie spend most of her days in the Netherlands?

3. What do the Lee parents do for a living?

4. Why is Helena upset with Sylvie?

5. How does Amy feel about going to Europe?

6. Why was Lukas and Sylvie's childhood difficult?

7. What was Sylvie's relationship with Ma like?

8. What does Amy discover at Sylvie's apartment?

9. What does Helena give to Sylvie to make up for dinner?

10. Why does Amy go to Ma's work in the middle of the day?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss race and racism in the novel. Specifically, compare and contrast the racism Sylvie and Amy face in the Netherlands and America. How does it compare, and in what ways does it affect them?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you discuss Sylvie and Lukas's relationship. How does it shift throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you compare and contrast Sylvie's life in America and her life in the Netherlands. In what ways is her life different or the same in these places?

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