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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 is the minister described as having used to smash all the furniture to pieces in "Under the House"?

2. Who is described as having gotten an orange seed stuck in his nose in "Under the House"?

3. What is the movie about that the Garcia family has just seen at the theater in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

4. Where do the globes of light like fireballs originate in "Under the House"?

5. When does the narrator say that Napoleon's troops suffered a defeat against Mexican soldiers in "Under the House"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has caused the accident in "A Little Before Six..."? How many are killed as a result of the accident?

2. Where do the portrait sellers come from in "The Portrait"? Why?

3. How does Ramon feel about his girlfriend in "The Night the Lights Went Out"?

4. How does one character describe the clerk's response when he ordered hamburgers in "When We Arrive"? Why did the clerk have this response?

5. Who is Ramiro and what role does he play in the plot of "The Night the Lights Went Out"?

6. How is the narrative related in "When We Arrive"? Why do you think the author has chosen this narrative style?

7. Who do the characters surmise probably turned Figueroa in, in "They Let Figueroa Out..."?

8. What is said of Dona Cuquita in "Under the House"?

9. Why does the boy give the teacher a button in "The Teacher Was Surprised When..."? Why does this surprise her?

10. How are Don Efrain and Dona Chona described in "The Little Burnt Victims"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens to the owner of the farm in "The Children Couldn't Wait"? Why does he come to this transition? What is remarked about the farmer later in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Why does the narrator of "It's That It Hurts" say he got into a fight at school? Do you think that his fighting is justified? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the main protagonist in And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. What characteristics does he exhibit? What are his actions in the story? How does the protagonist change from the beginning of the novel to the end?

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