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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 often did Ari's mother and aunt write one another throughout the years?

2. In Section 4, Chapter 9, who wants Ari to do drugs?

3. What does Ari's mom say about his driving in Section 5, Chapter 20?

4. How old is Gina Navarro in Section 5, Chapter 31?

5. In Section 6, Chapter 1, what geographical feature does Ari's mother ask him to define?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dante write and tell Ari is his favorite painting and why does he like that painting?

2. What does Ari contemplate about storms as he and his parents drive home from Tucson at the end of Section 6?

3. What does Ari do in January, February, March, and April 1988?

4. What does Ari's mother plan to do for New Year's eve?

5. What does Ari dream in Section 4, Chapter 7?

6. What does Ari ask Gina and Susie to do with him in Section 5, Chapter 31?

7. What does Ari tell Dante about his brother in Section 6, Chapter 4, when they drive out into the desert?

8. How does Ari get beer in Section 5, Chapter 22?

9. Why does Ari's mother do icebreakers with her students on the first day of school?

10. How does Mrs. Quintana look different to Ari in Section 6, Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ari's father changed when he returned from the Vietnam war. How did Ari's father change and how did that affect the way that Ari's father lived his life and his relationships with his family, especially with Ari?

Essay Topic 2

Gina and Susie frustrate Ari when they are first introduced in the novel. How does Ari's relationship change with the girls and why does it change so dramatically?

Essay Topic 3

Ari's father teaches him to drive. What does Ari learn about himself and his father because of the lessons and how does he feel about that revelation?

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