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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. How does Chechy feel about his behavior?

2. Why don't Anna and her husband get divorced?

3. How does Ofelia react to what Chechy tells him?

4. What do Ofelia and her daughter's snipe about?

5. Which of the following characters is taking care of the betting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is going on between Santiago and Ofelia at the opening of scene four?

2. What does Marela indicate is the responsibility of the living?

3. What was Clara Bow known for?

4. What part of the novel does Conchita dig into?

5. What differences does Juan Julian describe to the workers and how does he explain them?

6. What does Santiago say about Ofelia's slippers?

7. Why does Juan Julian say he became a lector?

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

9. What announcement does Santiago make?

10. What does Chechy accuse Marela of after Santiago leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the process of hand rolling cigars including how it developed through the history described by Juan Julian. Do you think the Spaniards were right? What changes do you think might have been different had they not overtaken the natives?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author intertwine the plot from the novel the lector is reading into the plot of the play? Do you feel this is done successfully? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When Marela talked about how the living must look after the dead so that they can count on them to help the living when they die cross over, how did you respond to her thoughts? Do you agree or disagree with her? Why or why not?

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