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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. What medical condition does Carole suffer from?

2. What is Paul's job?

3. What job did Charles Morrissete have?

4. What does Arnold's job think his name is?

5. Whose poetry does Neah begin to get interested in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the tattoos that Lucy and Neah have?

2. How did Arnold get to America?

3. How does Lucy describe the Leve office?

4. Why does Jeanne decide to christen Jude?

5. How do Kim and Callie reunite after all these years?

6. How does the short story, "Hot Air Balloons," end?

7. How would you describe Jeanne and James's marriage?

8. Who is Paris and what happened to him?

9. Who is Callie's father and how did he impact her life and their family?

10. What prompts Neah to want to drop out of college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "Hot Air Balloons," what do the tattoos symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of love present in all 8 of the stories in the collection?

Essay Topic 3

What is a diaspora? How does it apply to this book? Use specific characters and plot lines as examples.

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