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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the teachers force Charlie to do?
(a) Eat his peas.
(b) Talk about his father.
(c) Take off his costume.
(d) Share details of the funeral.

2. What does Little Bee think while they are at the Thames?
(a) She wishes she were back in Nigeria.
(b) That London is dirty.
(c) It would be easy to disappear in the city.
(d) That she would like to live with Sarah forever.

3. How did Little Bee travel to England?
(a) She swam.
(b) On a tea ship.
(c) By airplane.
(d) On an army ship.

4. What is wrong with Charlie?
(a) He won't talk to anyone.
(b) He refuses to do his math work.
(c) He is crying and sad.
(d) He is acting out and is uncontrollable.

5. What does Lawrence threaten to do to Little Bee?
(a) Turn her in.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Rape her.
(d) Beat her.

6. What does Little Bee find on the beach?
(a) More oil men.
(b) Andrew's wallet.
(c) Sarah's wallet.
(d) A police officer.

7. Why does Lawrence want to talk to Little Bee?
(a) He wants her to live with him.
(b) He wants to send her back to Nigeria.
(c) He wants her to keep running.
(d) He wants her to turn herself in to the police.

8. What does Sarah do when she and Little Bee get back to the house?
(a) She cooks breakfast.
(b) She goes to bed.
(c) She goes to exercise.
(d) She tells Andrew to leave.

9. What does Little Bee threaten to do in return?
(a) Kill Lawrence.
(b) Tell Sarah to break up with Lawrence.
(c) Tell Lawrence's wife he is having an affair.
(d) Steal Lawrences money.

10. Who calls while Sarah and Little Bee are talking?
(a) Charlie.
(b) The police.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) The nursery school.

11. Who did Sarah write for?
(a) Life.
(b) Newsweek.
(c) The Home Office.
(d) The State Department.

12. What does Charlie think will happen if he takes off his costume like Little Bee asks?
(a) His mother will die.
(b) Little Bee will die.
(c) He will die.
(d) His father will die.

13. Why does Little Bee ask Charlie to take off his costume?
(a) It has sand in it.
(b) It is hot.
(c) His mother asks her to.
(d) She is embarassed.

14. Where did Little Bee hide before she revealed herself to Sarah?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the attic.
(d) At the park.

15. What happens between Little Bee and Lawrence when she returns to the beach after talking to Sarah?
(a) Nothing.
(b) They kiss.
(c) They fight.
(d) They laugh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sarah and Andrew argue about?

2. What do Sarah and Lawrence begin to argue about?

3. What does Lawrence ask Little Bee to do while she is at the shore with Charlie?

4. What fact of today's society is Little Bee struggling to understand?

5. What began to happen as he and Sarah talked about the Home Secretary?

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