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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. How does Gabrielle Fonteneau react when Ka tells her that she does not have the sculpture?
2. How does Nadine characterize the woman she sees reflected in the elevator doors?
3. What does Anne say is the only part of the drive around the neighborhood Ka seems to enjoy?
4. What is Nadine’s reputation on the ward where she works?
5. How old is Nadine?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Ka and her father explain to Mrs. Fontaneau that the sculpture is gone?
2. How does the narrator characterize Anne’s religiosity?
3. What is Ka’s father’s objection to the sculpture?
4. What is Nadine’s relationship with her co-workers like?
5. What causes Nadine to call her parents?
6. How does Nadine’s call with her parents go?
7. What is the sculpture Ka is selling to Gabrielle Fontaneau?
8. What is the crisis Ka Bienaimé is facing at the beginning of The Dew Breaker, and how does the crisis resolve?
9. What is Anne’s family’s Christmas routine like?
10. How have Anne and her husband camouflaged their old life in Haiti, now that they are in New York?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an evaluative review of The Dew Breaker. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 2
When is The Dew Breaker most itself? What is its characteristic passage, or moment? What makes that moment or passage the most representative of the book as a whole? Are there any places where the book seems to depart from its typical self, as if to become a different book?
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate your own reading of The Dew Breaker—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
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