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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. Who is Izzy?

2. What does Roger offer to do for Antonia?

3. What do Tilly and Antonia do when Antonia sees her again?

4. In what narration in the book written?

5. Who is Sam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Mario ask of Antonia?

2. What does Maritza tell Mona she found in Izzy's bag?

3. Who is Officer Morgan?

4. Who is Roger?

5. Why does Mario want nothing to do with Estela?

6. Who is Antonia?

7. Why do Tilly and Mona get into a fight?

8. What do the sisters tell Officer Morgan?

9. Who calls Antonia on the phone in Chapter 1?

10. What did Mario fail to tell Antonia about Estela?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the ways in which Antonia processes grief throughout the novel. In the book Antonia loses both her husband and her sister; how does she process this grief, and what impact does it have on her daily life and her overall view of life itself? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine Antonia's relationship to and understanding of her sister, Izzy. What does she think about Izzy, and why is she concerned about her older sister up until her death? What is the nature of their relationship as the two oldest? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine Antonia's relationship to literature. What is her history with literature, and in what ways is it clear that literature is her passion? In what ways does it show up in her daily life, and in what ways does it directly inform her life and decisions? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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