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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 Freda say she is going to do when she goes back to Haiti?

2. What is the mob doing to people it captures?

3. Where does Beatrice Saint Fort live?

4. How does Beatrice indicate the residents of the houses on her block?

5. Who is the one who starts the others telling stories about their personal lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize Dany’s relationship with Denise Auguste?

2. Who is the main character of the "The Funeral Singer" chapter, and where is it set?

3. Who is Michel’s father, and who is Romain’s?

4. What does Aline find when she investigates the house Beatrice called the Haitian prison guard’s house?

5. What does the main character of "Night Talkers" do is his dream?

6. Whose point of view is the "Night Talkers" chapter written from, and where is it set?

7. How does Danticat characterize the events in the streets of Port-au-Prince?

8. What are the three deaths Freda’s mother says all people have?

9. Why does Michel say he understood things he should have been too young to understand?

10. How is Aline failing to follow her editor’s advice in the interview?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate the ending of The Dew Breaker. Does it ring true to you? Does it successfully resolve the problems and tensions that preceded it? What would you change, if anything? What are you left wishing for closure on, if anything?

Essay Topic 2

Make a graphic representation of the themes that appear in the various stories, and trace their appearance from story to story. Explain how tightly these stories are tied thematically as well as in terms of details like characters’ relationships and places.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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