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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 does Freda say she would introduce herself if she could?
2. Whose hand has the dictator transferred power to, now that he is leaving?
3. Who does Freda say Brother Timonie was?
4. What does Aline say she learned was useful in her education?
5. How old was Claude when he killed his father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Freda say her father wished would happen on New Year’s Eve, in the years before he was arrested?
2. What does Beatrice ultimately tell us about the character of Ka’s father?
3. What does the main character of "Night Talkers" do is his dream?
4. Who are Beatrice Saint Ford and Aline Cajuste?
5. What news is the main character of "Night Talkers" bringing with him?
6. Under what conditions did Freda’s father disappear?
7. Why did Freda emigrate from Haiti to the U.S.?
8. Why does the main character of "Night Talkers" get three pieces of cloth to keep with him the rest of his life?
9. Who is the main character of the "The Funeral Singer" chapter, and where is it set?
10. What is the action that takes place at Monsieur Christophe’s water station during the rioting?
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
Identify the most important plot points in The Dew Breaker. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
Essay Topic 3
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
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