Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-3   

Reading Check

1. What does Little Bee wish she could be so that “everyone would be pleased to see [her] coming?” (Chapter 1, Page 1)

2. What destination does Little Bee give the dispatcher at the taxi service, unnerving her friend from Jamaica?

3. What does Sarah’s son insist on dressing as?  

4. Who jumps into Andrew’s grave in a panic?

5. What song is the taxi driver listening to as he pulls up?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does Little Bee choose to dress while in the detention center, and why?

2. What lie does Little Bee tell the taxi service, and why is such a lie necessary?

3. Why does Sarah have difficulty typing the letters E, D, and C at her work?

4. Who visits Sarah at her office at the women’s magazine, and what news do they deliver?

5. Who does Little Bee call when she leaves the detention center, and what impact does this phone call have?  

Paired Resource

“The ‘Batman Effect’: How Having an Alter Ego Empowers You”