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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 of the following is the best synonym for the term barb as used in the following sentence? The two characters used a third party to deliver barbs to each other.

2. What is the relationship between Santiago and Chechy?

3. Why don't Conchita and Palomo get divorced?

4. Which of the following describes the types of tasks workers in the factory perform?

5. What does Marela think reading the book might accomplish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Conchita believe Santiago isn't already at the factory?

2. How doe the workers respond to Juan Julian's reading?

3. What character does Chechy identify with in the novel and why?

4. What information does Ofelia explain to Juan Julian about Chechy?

5. What would be an accurate description of Santiago and Chechy as they are first introduced?

6. What is Marela wearing when she enters the factory?

7. What information did the women have about the new lector?

8. What announcement does Santiago make?

9. What happens that causes Santiago and Ofelia to communicate with each other?

10. Why have Palomo and Conchita come to the factory?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Conchita believe lovers out to behave? Do you think she believes that it is important for women to have more than one lover? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What errors did Santiago make with his half-brother Chechy? Why do you think he made these errors? Do you think he will continue to make the same mistakes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Cruz show that the sworn enemy of lectors turn into a lector? Do you believe this is accurate? Why or why not?

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