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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. Where at her grandmother's house does Sophie drop her suitcase?
2. When was the picture taken of Sophie and Joseph that Sophie looks at?
3. What does Sophie say when her grandmother asks if her husband is a good man?
4. Where is the airport located?
5. What has arrived for the family the day an outsider joins for supper?
Short Essay Questions
1. Sophie and her mother talk about their health in the plane on the way back to the United States. What starts the conversation and what do they say?
2. Sophie and her grandmother eat their dinner outside in the yard, watching a light move back and forth in the distance. What does this light mean? What happens to it?
3. What do Louise and Sophie talk about when Sophie gets out of the van and sees Louise?
4. What happens in Chapter 14 when Sophie and her aunt Atie walk home after Sophie arrives with a van?
5. Why does Sophie's mother come to visit in Haiti?
6. What does Sophie do after the conversation about her mother with her therapist?
7. When Sophie is leaving in the van, she describes a sight called Guinea. What is Guinea?
8. What happens the night Sophie's mother introduces her boyfriend Marc to Sophie and what do they talk about?
9. Describe the events surrounding the Mother's Day card Sophie intends to give her Aunt Atie.
10. What happens when Sophie asks Atie if Brigitte can sleep in her room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Death is introduced as a theme at the end of the book. In this case, death equals freedom. Explain this motif. Who is set free? How and why?
Essay Topic 2
Sophie's life changes drastaically when she moves to New York and lives with her mother. Describe in your own words what Sophie does when she first gets to the States. How does she adapt? Who does she meet? How does she feel?
Essay Topic 3
Dreams are another big theme in "Breath, Eyes, Memory." Who is having dreams? What do the dreams symbolize? Compare and contrast each character's dreams.
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