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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. Who does Victor ask to help him profess his love to Carmen?

2. What is Roxane's new love?

3. In this chapter, who wants to declare his love for Roxane?

4. What don't Roxane and Gen realize about Carmen offering her help to them?

5. What does Gen wish he could do with Carmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What don't Gen and Roxane realize that Carmen is doing by helping them?

2. Why does Beatriz decide to be merciful towards Carmen and Gen?

3. Why do Victor and everyone else in the house fall in love with Roxane?

4. To Roxane, what is true love?

5. What does Carmen realize the house has become for everyone and how do the people inside of it choose to live their lives?

6. What prompts Beatriz to go to Father Arguedas?

7. Why does Gen panic at Messner's news?

8. Why does Father become upset with everyone's reaction to the garden?

9. What happens when Cesar begins to sing a capella?

10. Who discovers that Roxane and Mr. Hosokawa are in love with one another?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the guara settles over the house, it allows the hostages and terrorists to forget that they are on separate teams.

How is the guara a symbol for the unrealistic world that the hostages and terrorists now find themselves in?

Why does not being able to see outside of the house cause everyone to create their own worlds?

Essay Topic 2

How do the characters in the novel put aside their differences to become friends?

What causes them to become so connected and in love with each other as the book progresses?

Essay Topic 3

The relationship between employers and employees is not universal and truly based on the people involved in the relationship.

- How would you characterize Gen and Hosowaka's relationship at the beginning of the novel?

- By the end of the novel, what has happened to their relationship? Have they gotten closer to one another?

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