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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 old is Joseph when Sophie meets him?
2. Where at her grandmother's house does Sophie drop her suitcase?
3. Where does Sophie bathe in Chapter 16?
4. In the story about the woman who stopped bleeding, who transforms the woman?
5. What does Grandma Ifé talk about on the way back from the market?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Sophie is leaving in the van, she describes a sight called Guinea. What is Guinea?
2. Why does Sophie's mother come to visit in Haiti?
3. Sophie asks her mother why she put her through those tests. What does Sophie's mother answer?
4. What happens the night Joseph comes home from touring and takes Sophie out to the Note?
5. What happens when Sophie asks Atie if Brigitte can sleep in her room?
6. What does Sophie's grandmother do when Sophie sits on the porch, watching a pack of rainbow butterflies?
7. What does Sophie do for herself and for her baby in the morning, in Chapter 16?
8. The night of the conversation between Sophie and her grandmother, Sophie's grandmother tells a story to a group of neighborhood boys. What is this story about?
9. How does Sophie feel after the meeting at her sexual phobia group?
10. What happens at Sophie's mother's apartment the weekend that Joseph, Sophie, and Brigitte drive there on the weekend?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Edwidge Danticat set the book in Haiti and in the United States. Why did she set the book in these places and what is her goal with this book? Did she achieve that goal?
Essay Topic 2
Poverty is a theme that is mentioned a few times in "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Where in the book is this theme displayed? Give three examples of how you know Haitian people are poor.
Essay Topic 3
"Breath, Eyes, Memory" is split up into four books. Describe the setting of each book and explain why these settings change. Why is each setting important for the plot? How does each setting affect the main character Sophie?
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