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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice are John Grady and Rawlins given upon arriving in the tiny hut where they are held prisoner?

2. What color is the table in Perez's room?

3. Where is the first place John Grady and Rawlins go after leaving the bus that took them from the prison?

4. What does John Grady buy with the last of the money he has at Los Picos?

5. How are men judged within the prison hierarchy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does it seem that Rawlins always deferred to John Grady's judgments and decisions? Name at least three instances in which this is the case.

Essay Topic 2

What is the Senora's attitude regarding fate? How does that compare to your own attitude on fate?

Essay Topic 3

How is the relationship between John Grady and Alejandra discovered? Why is it that they kept it a secret? Could they have handled it differently?

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