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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. Who takes too many cookies when Oma and Opa visit?

2. Who does Amy say Filip's cello playing reminds her of?

3. Who resists Amy's idea to consult Epsilon?

4. What does Amy find when she snoops around?

5. What does Sylvie ingest before she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amy accuse Lukas of doing?

2. What does Sylvie discover about her relationship to Lukas?

3. What stereotypical tourist activity do Sylvie and her friends indulge in?

4. Where does Amy meet Filip for the second time?

5. Who visits Amy at the Tans house when she is home alone?

6. What happens to Sylvie and Lukas at the masquerade ball?

7. Why does Sylvie slap Jim in the face?

8. What long-kept secret does Ma reveal to Amy for the first time in the Netherlands?

9. What does Sylvie decide to do the moment she discovers the truth about her relationship to Lukas?

10. What happens to Sylvie at the bar with Lukas and Estelle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss how Sylvie's death affects the Tan and Lee families. Specifically, in what ways does Sylvie's death affect the family positively?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay defining the idea of "home" from Sylvie's perspective. What does home mean to Sylvie, and why is it so complicated? Where or who is home to her?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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