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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 had Fabiola and her mother done to protect the family as said in Chapter 7?

2. According to Majorie and Valerie's Story, why had the sisters left Haiti?

3. What does the woman in CVS ask Fabiola in Chapter 6?

4. How old was Chantal when her father died?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Fabiola do for Pri?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Fabiola meet in Chapter 6? How does this person describe her cousins?

2. What does Matant Jo say about Papa Legba in Chapter 16? What does she say about Fabiola believing in him?

3. Where do Imani and Fabiola go in Chapter 12 and what do they do there? What worries Fabiola while she is there?

4. Where does Kasim take Fabiola on a date in Chapter 14? What does he say about her when she is nervous going?

5. Who does Fabiola ask for help in the Detroit airport in Chapter 1? What is she told?

6. Who does Fabiola hear singing out the window in Chapter 2? What happens to him?

7. What does Fabiola tell her cousins about her mother in Chapter 2? What do her cousins say?

8. What is the sister's nickname as said in "Princess's Story" Why are they known as this?

9. What surprises Fabiola about the Detroit airport in Chapter 1? Who is she meeting?

10. At the nightclub, what does Fabiola remember about the boys back home? What does she think when she meets Dray?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Thirty Two, Pri asks Fabiola about her Vodou items, and Fabiola says, 'It is my life" (321). What does she mean by this? How is this idea shown throughout the novel? How is Vodou, and its philosophy, make up Fabiola's character? Go through the novel and find at least three examples to show how Vodou is a part of Fabiola's life, and how each example shows how it is a part of her.

Wrap this into a claim: what is the novel saying about the role of spirituality?

Essay Topic 2

Violence is a part of the neighborhood at 8800 American Street and a reality of life for Fabiola back in Haiti.

In the face of the threat of violence, how do characters adapt to survive? Choose three characters to compare their journeys and how they deal with the reality of their lives in the places they experience violence.

Tie their journeys to a larger discussion of how violence is represented similarly or differently in American and Haiti and where in each of these places, the source of the violence comes from.

Essay Topic 3

The crossroads of American Street and Joy Road are the intersection of 8800 American Street. In the beginning of the novel, Fabiola realizes she must choose between either street for her future (112). What does she eventually choose? How does her choice affect the Francois family and herself? What influences her to make her decision?

Finally, consider what road the family drives down at the end to pick up her mother. What does this represent about the events of the novel and Fabiola's choice?

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