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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 makes Chiquita want to drown in the Pacific?

2. What is the first thing that Raylette asks of Chiquita?

3. What are half the brothas in the classifieds looking for?

4. Which funeral did Chiquita's mother not attend?

5. Who does Inda think you never sleep with?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chiquita approach Raymond?

2. Why did Chiquita stop seeing Brown?

3. What did Chiquita and Brown actually do?

4. What happens in the mall?

5. Why does Valerie decide to go to Canada?

6. What does Chiquita realize at this moment?

7. How does Chiquita explain the situation?

8. Why does Inda not tell Michael her name?

9. Why does Valerie meet with Walter?

10. What is the state of Valerie and Brown's love lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Chiquita's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Chiquita hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Chiquita's ideas about life?

3. How has Chiquita's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

How differently does Daniel react to his failed marriage? What does this say about the infidelity between genders?

Essay Topic 3

Away from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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