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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 do Kitty and Boy first land in the United States?

2. Who first meets up with Kitty and Boy when they go to New York City?

3. Why did Paul consider Clare to be cold when he was still alive?

4. Why does Kitty begin changing the notes at the laundry?

5. What does Boy say the sign was for his family to leave Jamaica?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clare do, at the end of "Chapter 4"?

2. What is revealed about Paul and Christopher when they talk to each other, in "Chapter 2"?

3. What does Christopher say happened to him when he met with a Brother at the church as a child?

4. What happens when Paul comes home, in "Chapter 2"?

5. What is ruinate?

6. What job does Kitty have, in "Chapter 3"?

7. In "Chapter 1," how are the soldiers' lifestyles described?

8. How does Clare feel about her relationship with Kitty after Kitty returns to Jamaica?

9. Why is ganja important to the soldiers?

10. What do the soldiers want to do to Miss Mattie's land?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the theme of religion, in "No Telephone to Heaven." How are the different religions presented? How do they relate?

Essay Topic 2

What message about race is presented, in "No Telephone to Heaven"?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of the Jamaican landscape in this novel. Consider the ruinate, dungle, cities, and Miss Mattie's land.

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