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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 much does the first letter carved represent?

2. Which of the following describes how Juan reads from the book?

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

4. What is the relationship between Santiago and Chechy?

5. How does Chechy feel about his behavior?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is information from the book heard while Juan Julian and Conchita make love?

2. When does Conchita say that Palomo will understand?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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