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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 the proverb in "Chapter 10" say about black people's deaths?

2. Where does Clare remember meeting Bobby?

3. Where does Christopher get the nickname "the watchman"?

4. Why does Clare visit a doctor in Jamaica?

5. Where does Harry/Harriet say he was sent after his rape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Clare discovers she is pregnant, in "Chapter 6"?

2. Why does Clare search Paris, in "Chapter 8"?

3. How is the woman in "Chapter 7" described?

4. Why is Clare admired at her school in London?

5. What does Clare do when she arrives at the movie set, in "Chapter 11"?

6. What is the author worried about, in "Chapter 7"?

7. Why does Clare travel throughout Europe with Bobby?

8. What happens when Clare sees the Jamaican orphans?

9. What types of questions does the interviewer ask Clare?

10. In "Chapter 8," what does the doctor tell Clare?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Harry/Harriet and Clare.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the truck as a symbol. What does this truck represent? How does it relate to the major themes of this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the use of history in this novel. Consider the history of colonization, civil rights, and Jamaica.

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