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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. How do the factory workers respond to Juan's reading?

3. Which of the following characters is a mother?

4. What are the workers discussing as their workday ends?

5. Who do the two characters who are not speaking to each other use to help deliver barbs to each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which two events create the settings fro the first scene in act one?

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

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

4. What happened to the old lector, Teodoro?

5. What does Palomo ask Conchita to show him?

6. What information does Santiago reveal about his gambling habit?

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

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

9. What happens when Marela stays behind alone with Juan Julian?

10. What announcement does Santiago make?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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