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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. How old is Eric, the main character of the "Seven" chapter?

2. What happens when Nadine calls Eric back?

3. When does Eric start to feel joy in anticipation of seeing his wife again?

4. How tall is the sculpture Ka made of her father?

5. When does Eric’s wife finally feel that she is in another country?

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Anne and her husband camouflaged their old life in Haiti, now that they are in New York?

2. How does Nadine’s call with her parents go?

3. What is Nadine Osnac’s relationship with her parents like, at the beginning of the chapter titled “Water Child”?

4. What is the occasion that Eric’s wife coming to New York?

5. What does Eric’s wife do while he is at work?

6. What emergency is Nadine called in to resolve in Ms. Hinds’ room?

7. Why are the 60 seconds at midnight during the Christmas mass Anne’s favorite minute of the year?

8. How do Ka and her father explain to Mrs. Fontaneau that the sculpture is gone?

9. What is Eric’s relationship with his roommates like?

10. What is the crisis Ka Bienaimé is facing at the beginning of The Dew Breaker, and how does the crisis resolve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of The Dew Breaker. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Is The Dew Breaker a novel or a collection of interconnected short stories? How would you define either genre, and where do you see evidence that The Dew Breaker satisfies that definition? How do you account for contrary evidence in the book’s structure?

Essay Topic 3

What role do superstition and religion play in The Dew Breaker? Who is moved by them, and how are they moved? Who is not moved by them, and how does the immunity, such as it is, serve as either an advantage or disadvantage? What can you say about Danticat’s approach to superstition and religion in The Dew Breaker?

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