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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 Maria contemplate doing after her night with the Arab?

2. What is the name of the bar Maria enters when she searches for her new job?

3. Where does Maria leave from to find great adventure?

4. What does Maria separate in her work?

5. What does Maria's mother do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the novel begins.

2. Describe why Maria gets angry when her first love speaks to her.

3. Describe Maria's first kiss.

4. What is Maria's financial situation like when she arrives in Geneva?

5. Describe what Maria does to become better educated about her new profession?

6. What does Maria dream about whenever she returns home?

7. Describe the relationship of Maria and her first boss.

8. What is significant about what Maria remembers the girls at Roger's club telling her?

9. Describe Maria's first night at Copacabana.

10. What does Maria determine about men after the modeling agency calls again about the fashion show?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the title's significance and how Maria determines her calculations.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Maria's life to that of the life of a roller coaster. Why is this a good metaphor for Coelho to have used in support of his comparisons?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of Maria's diary entry about the caged bird in relationship to Maria's own state of being.

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