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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. Narrator, Taylor Greer, was formerly known as:

2. What is Lou Ann thinking of while she nurses Dwayne Ray?

3. What is Taylor's mother doing that she disagrees with?

4. After the doctor's visit, where does Taylor take Turtle?

5. Where are Taylor and Turtle living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What pops into Taylor's head when a priest comes to visit Mattie in Chapter 6? Explain this situation.

2. What changes can be observed in Esteban and Esperanza as they travel deeper into the Cherokee nation during Chapter 15?

3. Describe the contents of the package that Lou Ann receives from Angel. What does Lou Ann think of this package?

4. What does Taylor do before Esteban and Esperanza say goodbye? Why does she do this?

5. What type of store does Mattie own and how did it get its name?

6. What does Lou Ann constantly show her mother regarding Mexican Americans? Why does Lou Ann do this?

7. What happens with Esteban and Taylor at the end of Chapter 9? How does Taylor handle it?

8. What does Lou Ann believe to be Turtle's given name? Why?

9. Taylor begins looking for a roommate in Chapter 5. Describe the people Taylor meets after searching the want ads.

10. How does Taylor react to Cynthia's news in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the novel Taylor's perception of men is ambiguous. They do not seem to be an important part in her life. The novel's character list also consists mainly of women. It is not until Esteban is introduced that the reader meets a good man. After meeting Esteban, Taylor's ideas about men change. How do they change? What do you think the author is trying to suggest by her placement of men within the novel? Why?

Essay Topic 2

At the close of Chapter 4, Bobby Bingo, a vegetable salesman warns Lou Ann, telling her "Whatever you want the most, it's going to be the worst thing for you." What does Bobby mean by this comment? What is the thing Lou Ann wants the most? And why would that be bad for her?

Essay Topic 3

Toward the end of the novel, Lou Ann moves on to another man. Do you believe that she and her new boyfriend will share a similar relationship to that of she and Angel? Why? Why not?

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