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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 characters works late at the factory?

2. Which character clashes with Juan Julian in scene 2?

3. Why doesn't Santiago want to face Chechy?

4. What is the lector's role in a Cuban cigar factory?

5. What is arriving during act 1, scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the only think Palomo wants?

2. How does act 2 scene 3 open?

3. What happens as Chechy meets the new lector, Juan Julian?

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

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

6. What and why does Santiago carve something into the sole of his half-brother's shoe?

7. What causes Juan Julian to reconsider his choice at reading Anna Karenina as his first novel?

8. What does Juan Julian reveal when Conchita asks him why he chose to read Anna Karenina?

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

10. What does Palomo ask Conchita to show him?

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

Do you think listening to the story of Anna Karenina helped Chechy to move on in regards to his ex-wife? Why or why not? Do you think Juan Julian should have chosen a different story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Prohibition was briefly talked about toward the end of the play. What do you think were the reasons for the passage and repealing of the amendment about prohibition? Do you agree with the reasons the characters in the novel stated? Why or why not?

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