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 * //__The Dew Breaker Unit Test__//**

1. Who is the daughter of the dew breaker? a) Ka b) Laura c) Anne d) Macoute
 * Part I – Multiple Choice:**
 * // Directions: Read the question and choose the best possible answe. //**

2. What is the name of the president’s guards? a) BAI b) macoute c) hispar d) bellair

3. What is the name of the country in which the Dew Breaker’s job was located? a) USA b) Germany c) Haiti d) Puerto Rico

4. Who is Ka’s mother? a) Anne b) Alisa c) Maria

5. To whom is the preacher related to by blood? a) Anne b) Ka c) The dew breaker

6. Where did the author grow up? a) Haiti b) New York c) Los Angles d) USA/ Haiti

7. What was the Dew Breakers job? a) Destroy villages’ b) spy c) torturer

8. Who was the Dew Breakers last kill? a) Preacher b) Butcher c) Business Man d) Chef

9. Describe the relationship between the preacher and the Dew Breaker. a) Last kill of the dew breaker and killed his family b) Dew Breaker married his sister and killed the preacher c) Let the preacher slip away d) Helped free the preacher from Haiti so he could live in America.

10. Who is Anne's brother? a) James b) The Dew Breaker c) The Butcher d) The Preacher

//Directions: Choose any 4. Answer with complete sentences. Questions should be answered with a minimum of 1 paragraph and a maximum of 2.//
 * Part II - Short Answer Response:**

1) Why does Danticat begin The Dew Breaker with Ka's father's confession and then return, near the end of the book, to the moment, some thirty years earlier, when he committed his last crime? Is this way of structuring the events of the story more powerful than a chronological telling would be?

2) Ka says that her father, "if anyone could, must have already understood that confessions do not lighten living hearts" (p. 33). Why would he understand this better than others? Why then does he confess his secret past to his daughter? What role does guilt—his own and that of others—play in this book?

3) For her sculpture of her father, Ka chooses "a piece of mahogany that was naturally flawed, with a few superficial cracks along what was now the back. I'd thought these cracks beautiful and had made no effort to polish them away, as they seemed like the wood's own scars, like the one my father had on his face" (p. 7). What does this passage suggest about the differences between Ka and her father? In what ways has he tried to "polish away" his own scars?

4) Some regard the preacher's outspoken sermons against the Duvalier dictatorship as selfish. "Not all the church members agreed with the preacher's political line. . . . Some would even tell you, 'If the pastor continues like this, I leave the church. He should think about his life. He should think about our lives" (p. 186). His own sister, Anne, wonders, "What made him think he could denounce the powerful on the radio, of all places, and not risk the safety of those he loved?" (p. 215). Is the preacher right in speaking out against the regime, even when it puts his loved ones and his congregation in danger?

5) After the preacher wounds "the fat man," he thinks, "at least he left a mark on him, a brand that he would carry for the rest of his life. Every time he looked in the mirror, he would have to confront this mark and remember him. Whenever people asked what happened to his face, he would have to tell a lie, a lie that would further remind him of the truth" (pp. 227–28). What effects, both good and bad, does this last act of violence have on the "dew breaker"? How does it change him?

6) Why does Ka's mother marry the "dew breaker"? Why does she stay with him after learning the truth about the identity of his last victim? What does the reconciliation between Ka's parents—to each other, and to the truth—tell us about the nature of forgiveness, of recovery, and of healing? And how does the last section of the story told in The Dew Breaker bring us back full circle to the beginning?

7) Explain how the Dew Breaker received the large scar across his face. Tell who did it and who he/she is related to.

//Directions: Choose any 2. Each question should be answered in a minimum of 2 paragraphs and a maximum of 3.//
 * Part III - Extended Response:**

1) Discuss the theme of this story. Choose and explain some details from the story that justifies this theme.

2) When thinking about the Dew Breaker' s past and the secrets he has kept, you can see that it has affected his life and his manner of living. Has a secret you had affected your life or the way you lived in some way? Compare and contrast the two.

3) When reading the story, you find that many chapters do not seem to fit in with the main story line. In the end do you think that this way of writing this story helped to explain and clarify the tale? How does this relate to the Author's Purpose?

// Write the corresponding letter on the right that matches the word or phrase to the left. // 1) Anne    A. Anne's husband 2) The Dew Breaker    B. Flatbush, Brooklyn 3) Ka    C. Nadine 4) Haitian Community   D. Beatrice 5) Anne's 1st brother  E. Manman 6) Ms. Hinds    F. Preacher 7) Bridal Seamstress  G. patient at hospital 8) Interviewer    H. Michael 9) Character who loses mother to heart attack I. Author 10) Edwidge Danticat   J. Aline
 * Part IV- Matching:**