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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. Which suburb does Makina need to visit next?
2. What did the person whose place Makina’s brother is taking ask him?
3. What traits make the people’s language in America similar to Makina herself?
4. What does Makina find when she arrives at the land her brother had gone to see?
5. Why does Makina not want to call the cops for help?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of omen does the light in the sky give Makina when she arrives at the address?
2. Why does Makina’s brother say he did not return after the land fiasco?
3. What does Makina’s brother say happened to him after he went to the land?
4. What were the three messages Makina’s brother sent home?
5. What kind of marriage ceremony does Makina encounter on her way to the army base?
6. How does Makina’s brother describe his experience of war?
7. Who does Makina meet at the army base before she meets her brother?
8. How does the narrator describe the boy whose place Makina’s brother took, in the army?
9. What does Makina learn about the job her brother took?
10. What does the arresting cop tell Makina when he corrals her with the other immigrants?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Assess Herrera’s novel as a contribution to contemporary discussions of immigration in the U.S. What is Herrera saying, and how does it fit with perspectives other commentators or elected officials are taking? Whose arguments can Herrera be said to be backing? Which arguments is his book a refutation of?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Makina’s character with other plucky and resourceful female characters you have read. How are they similar, how are they different? Is Makina a type, whose behavior is consistent with others cut from her mold, or is she a unique individual?
Essay Topic 3
Write an evaluative review of Signs Preceding the End of the World. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
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