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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 do the men do when they are finished?

2. What does Sarah ask Little Bee to do when she wakes?

3. What did Sarah suggest to help her and Andrew work things out?

4. How does Sarah react to Little Bee's statement?

5. How did Little Bee travel to England?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah want to help Little Bee?

2. What did Little Bee do that may have contributed to Andrew's death?

3. Why does Sarah want to know what happened to Little Bee and her sister after they were dragged away from Sarah and Andrew?

4. Why did Sarah return home early from work the day after the funeral?

5. How does Little Bee try to coax Charlie out of his Batman costume while they are at the beach?

6. Why does Little Bee want to stay with Sarah and Charlie for a while?

7. What does Little Bee think of London as she, Sarah and Charlie travel to see the river?

8. Why does Lawrence dislike Little Bee?

9. Why didn't Little Bee help Andrew as he struggled during death?

10. How did Sarah and Lawrence meet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sarah believes that she, Charlie, Little Bee and Andrew have all taken on personae that they hide behind. Charlie's desire to be Batman is the most obvious example of this. What personae have these characters taken on? Why might they have chosen to hide from their realities? Would their lives have been different if they had faced up to their fears?

Explain your answer in depth.

Essay Topic 2

Sarah tries to do everything she can to help Little Bee after the girl is detained by the police. She continues to help the girl even after Little Bee tells her she was there when Andrew died. Why do you think helping Little Bee is so important to Sarah? Is she driven by guilt? Fear? Obligation? Love? Why do you feel the way you do?

Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 9 Sarah, Charlie, Little Bee and Lawrence spend the day on the beach at the Thames river in London. This scene has many parallels to the day on the Nigerian beach two years before. What are some of the similarities and differences between the two scenes? Who is being asked to sacrifice themselves for a child now? Why do you think the author might have written the scene in this way?

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