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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 Mireille ask Michael one night when they are at the farm?

2. Why does Mireille want to sleep alone once she is found?

3. What does Mireille ask of the highway patrol officer?

4. Why does Mireille want to stand in the street outside her cage?

5. Who is waiting for Mireille at the airport in Miami?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mireille do after the earthquake in Haiti?

2. Where does Mireille check into a hotel after she leaves home?

3. What lie does the Commander tell Mireille?

4. When does Mireille tell Michael to come get her?

5. What did the Commander's father do for a living?

6. What truth set Mireille free?

7. Why is Mireille afraid of the highway patrol officer?

8. Why does Mireille spend the night in a shed?

9. What does Mireille say to her father when she leaves Haiti?

10. When does Mireille leave Haiti?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the voice of Mireille. Use specific adjectives and examples from the text and analyze whether this voice changes throughout the novel as Mireille describes her kidnapping experience and her life thereafter.

Essay Topic 2

Mireilla experiences both physical and emotional changes throughout the novel. In what ways does Mireille change and in what ways does she remain the same after her kidnapping? Use evidence from the text to explain your reasoning.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore Mireille's reluctance to be with her child after she is rescued from her captors. What keeps her from being the mother she wants to be for Christophe? Use evidence from the text to explain your reasoning.

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