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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 takes the passport photos for Carlos and Tony?

2. What is Carlos doing at the beginning of Chapter 40?

3. How high is the cliff over which the boys and Louis XVI frequently go?

4. By Chapter 35, which of Carlos's friends is already in the United States?

5. When does Carlos's school close?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carlos report that Ernest did to him?

2. Why is Fidel's milk consumption in Chapter 36 significant?

3. Describe the event that Carlos dreams of as thunder in Chapter 29.

4. According to Chapter 27, how would Plato have reacted to Carlos's female teacher? How would Kant have reacted?

5. What does Carlos imagine the diving board telling him to do, and why?

6. Describe Addison's backyard.

7. How does Louis XVI react to the angry lady in Chapter 34, and how does he feel afterward?

8. What happens at Carlos's co-ed school when someone finds out that a certain boy likes a certain girl?

9. How does Carlos feel about Lou and Norma Chait?

10. Describe the Communist propaganda that Carlos hears in Chapter 38.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Carlos's assessment of the school of parrot fish as a miracle, in comparison with other miracles that he has witnessed in his life.

Essay Topic 2

Choose two symbols that signify unrelated concepts, and then, using your literary sensibilities, create some common ground between them based on the material you find in the book. Remember that symbols can carry many different levels of meaning and that you can espouse any position you are capable of defending.

Essay Topic 3

How does Fernando fit the archetype of the hero? What other characters in the book also seem like heroes, and how do they compare and contrast with Fernando?

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