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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 is the profession of the narrator's father?

2. Where does the narrator drop off the kids in the first chapter?

3. Who recognizes Thomas at Lenox Lounge?

4. Where does Ross send Marie for an operation?

5. Who is crying in the first chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pop do to punish Helene?

2. What is Marie's relationship with Agathe like after Helene's wake?

3. Who took over Agathe's job as the mother figure when she left?

4. What happens at Marie's home in Connecticut?

5. What bad news does Pop give Marie?

6. What happens when Marie takes Agathe to the airport?

7. Why is Marie ashamed of the memory of Helene's 13th birthday?

8. Why was the early 1960s such a scary time for Marie?

9. Where does Marie take Thomas for dinner?

10. Who wants to be a spy when they are a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of isolation.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze how Marie's experience in Africa affects her life in a significant way. What about her experience there changes her forever?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Marie's relationship to her father. What is their relationship like, and why?

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