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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Banyan trees are holy and sometimes if we call the gods from beneath them, they will hear our voices clearer?"

2. What does the female narrator say the mountains are doing?

3. Who said, "Oh yes, you can let them kill somebody because you are afraid. They are the law. It is their right?"

4. What part of the female narrator's body shivers when she thinks of her boyfriend in danger?

5. Why doesn't the second narrator sketch butterflies anymore?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about Madan Roger. What is significant about her? What does she represent in the story? Be sure to use examples.

Essay Topic 2

How is the sea personified in the story? What do the narrators descriptions of the sea tell us about the narrator himself? How does this contrast with the female narrator's descriptions of the mountains?

Essay Topic 3

"From here, I cannot even see the sea. Behind these mountains are more mountains and more black butterflies still and a sea that is endless like my love for you." Think about this quote from the end of the story. What is it's significance? What are its contrasting elements? What does this say about the narrator?

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