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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. What happens to Carlos and his mother on the way home from Puxzzorobio?

2. What does Macario think the family should sell so that he can finish his last three months of school?

3. Which of the following words best describes how Carlos feels about the middle class?

4. With whom is Nick running a literary magazine in Los Angeles?

5. In what type of business does Carlos' mother work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Carlos convince Amado that he is indeed his brother?

2. Why do the other roommates tell Macario that there is no use in going to look for a job?

3. What revelation about his English skills does Carlos undergo in Chapter twenty-three?

4. Why doesn't Carlos' father think the stranger walking toward their home could be his son, Leon?

5. Why does Carlos leave the homeless shelter?

6. What happens to Carlos as he tries to help the girl who is being assaulted?

7. Why are the characters so rushed to finish the harvest?

8. Why does Macario lose his job?

9. Why is Jose arrested?

10. Why are there more and more peasant uprisings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Justify the decision of Amado and Macario to join the armed services to Carlos in an essay.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about Carlos' main method of dealing with problems. Make an evaluation as to the effectiveness of this method and support your evaluation with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Elaborate on Carlos' idea that he belongs in America in an essay using specific examples and supporting details from the novel.

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