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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 does Nadia live?

2. Where does Anika learn about Thoma's wife and daughter?

3. What does Maurice's wife give Nadia to eat when she gets to Miami?

4. What is Melisande holding at the end of "The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special"?

5. What is Olivia wearing the night she meets Blaise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the narrator and Babette talk about when they meet?

2. What does the female Haitian doctor tell the narrator and Melisande?

3. How does Nadia describe her father's wife?

4. What is the job that the narrator and her husband have?

5. What events lead up to Thomas and Anika pouring water on their heads?

6. How does the narrator respond when Melisande tells her about her medical news?

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

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

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

10. How does the chapter 'The Gift' get its name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role that wealth and poverty have on the characters in the book. Select at least three stories and look at how wealth and poverty impact the characters.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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