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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 Freda says she got her start as a funeral singer?
2. How does Beatrice think the prison guard keeps finding her?
3. How does Claude describe integrating back into his people’s community?
4. Why does Estina call for Claude to meet Dany?
5. How does Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Claude say that he is the luckiest man in the world?
2. Who are Beatrice Saint Ford and Aline Cajuste?
3. What kind of insight does Aline give us into the authorial labor of writing the novel in which Aline herself appears?
4. Who is the main character of the "The Funeral Singer" chapter, and where is it set?
5. What does Beatrice ultimately tell us about the character of Ka’s father?
6. What does Beatrice say is the secret to her coffee?
7. How is Aline failing to follow her editor’s advice in the interview?
8. How does Danticat characterize the events in the streets of Port-au-Prince?
9. Who is the main character of the "Monkey Tails" chapter, and where is it set?
10. Why does Michel say he understood things he should have been too young to understand?
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
What is the role of love in The Dew Breaker? Who loves, and what kinds of relationships or actions are called love? What are the other kinds of love, and what do casual or other kinds of relationships do for the people who have them? What is the relationship between trauma and love? Does love heal it? Is love merely a refuge? Or is love just a way to recycle trauma by making another person complicit in it?
Essay Topic 3
What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Dew Breaker. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Dew Breaker.
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