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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 does Conchita use to justify her wants?

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

3. What does Juan Julian suggest Conchita do with her cutting?

4. What did the the shy boy help Conchita carry out?

5. How long has Teodoro been gone before the play begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose side of the issue does Santiago take and how does he solve it?

2. What ritual does Conchita explain to Juan Julian?

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

4. How would you describe the woman at the factory and Juan Julian upon his arrival?

5. How does Chechy feel about his behavior?

6. What plans in regards to the ritual does Conchita share with Juan Julian and what does he offer?

7. What information does Santiago reveal about about the novel?

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

9. What does Palomo complain about and why is it bothering him?

10. What doe Conchita and Palomo discuss as they work late?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Marela would always leave as Chechy approached her? What do you think Chechy wanted? How do you think he felt as Juan Julian told Marela she was beautiful?

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

Why do you believe Chechy killed Juan Julian? Why don't you think Cruz had Palomo kill him? Do you agree with the decision Cruz made as the writer? Why or why not?

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