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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 Filip do on the side of playing cello?

2. What crime has Jim committed?

3. What does Helena admit to Ma about herself?

4. What does Amy find when she snoops around?

5. What does Sylvie ingest before she dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Estelle call Sylvie?

2. What is Epsilon?

3. How does Amy embarrass herself in front of Filip?

4. What does Sylvie put in her cello case?

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

6. What does Sylvie do in the days following Grandma's death?

7. How does Sylvie die?

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

9. Why does Sylvie slap Jim in the face?

10. What does Danique say about Sylvie's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about Ma's perception of her family based on the chapters she narrates. What does Ma think of each of her family members, and what does she perceive as her place within the family?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the voice of Sylvie. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text to analyze whether this is a positive or negative voice.

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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