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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. What does the Jamaican man sell?

2. What feeling does this chapter express?

3. What is the name of the family that temporarily adopts Carlos in Miami?

4. Which of the children's acquaintances eats breadfruit voluntarily?

5. With what does the villain in Chapter 32 threaten to assault Carlos?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the young man who accosts Carlos and Jorge in Chapter 32.

2. Describe Addison's backyard.

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

4. How does El Loco become the hero of Chapter 32?

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

6. According to Chapter 28, for what is Carlos's uncle Mario almost imprisoned?

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

8. Describe the Aquarium of the Revolution.

9. Describe Carlos's first death.

10. Describe breadfruit.

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

How does the breadfruit war function as a catharsis in the novel? What are the events that build tension before and after the war? How would the scene have seemed different if it had been placed somewhere separate from those tensions?

Essay Topic 3

How does Carlos's use of Spanish words and phrases affect the overall tone and feel of the book? Does it add to or detract from his air of authority over the subject matter? Explain.

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