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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 many times had Nadia met her father before his wife calls her and asks her to come to see him?

2. What was Maurice's wife's job before she moved back to Haiti with Maurice?

3. What is the name of the first short story in the novel?

4. What does Dosa mean?

5. What nickname does Gaspard call Elsie?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Blaise in Section 1, what happens to Olivia?

2. Who is Mona and how does Elsie describe her?

3. What does Anika do after she learns about the earthquake in Haiti?

4. What happens when Nadia gets to the house to see her father, in Section 2?

5. What does Anika say initially attracted her to Thomas?

6. How does Elsie describe Olivia when she first meets and becomes friends with her in Section 1?

7. What happens between Dede and Elsie at the end of "Dosas"?

8. Why is the Canadian doctor who Melisande goes to first concerned about Melisande?

9. How does Nadia's mother react when Nadia calls her after learning her father is dead?

10. What is Elsie's job in Section 1? Does she like it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are wealth and poverty expressed in the text? Select two different characters as examples.

Essay Topic 2

What is the role that immigration plays in the novel? How does immigration impact the characters? Select three characters to analyze in regards to this question.

Essay Topic 3

Is Nadia's mother a good mother? Do she and Nadia have a good relationship? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

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