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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 does her mother answer?

2. Where do Guy and Lili and their boy get their water from?

3. What happens to the girl when she gets to be with her mother?

4. Why is the girl’s mother in prison?

5. What is the girl’s last hope, in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lili leave Guy’s eyes open at the end of A Wall of Fire Rising?

2. How does the boy in Children of the Sea describe his love for the girl?

3. What is the history of the Massacre River?

4. Why is the boy fleeing from Haiti?

5. What are the mood and tone of this story?

6. Describe the girl’s pilgrimage to the Massacre River.

7. What is it like on the ship the boy is sailing in?

8. What is the history of the Madonna the girl carries?

9. Describe the prison where the mother is kept.

10. What news does Lili greet Guy with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between city and country in Krik? Krak!? How does Edwidge Danticat characterize each of these environments, and how does she define the differences that distinguish them?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Krik? Krak! relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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