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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 do the Jongas find out about the Lehman Brother's collapse?

2. What is Neni thinking about at the beginning of Chapter 43?

3. How does Jende try to make it up to Neni in Chapter 44?

4. What is Neni worried about with Jende for the first time in Chapter 36?

5. What does Mighty tell Jende about Vince in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clark say when Jende tells him that Cindy wants him to record all of Clark's actions?

2. What is so important about Clark's tie in Chapter 28?

3. What are Neni and Winston's reactions to Cindy's request for Jende to record all of Clark's action?

4. What happens to Leah after Lehman Brother's collapses?

5. Where is Neni when Jende is getting fired?

6. What happens to Cindy in Chapter 45?

7. What news does Jende receive in Chapter 35?

8. Why was Jende put in jail in Limbe?

9. What do the Jongas do when they hear about Lehman's collapse?

10. Why is Mighty crying in Chapter 34?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does gender inequality impact the lives of the women in the text?

Essay Topic 2

Using the definition of static and dynamic characters, select one character and discuss how they are either static or dynamic.

Essay Topic 3

How is the setting of the text, New York City, used as a symbol in the novel?

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