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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it about Azucena that Cuquita is jealous of?

2. Who narrates chapter fourteen?

3. What does Rodrigo remember, with Azucena's help, on the way back to Earth?

4. What does the printout from Cuquita's invention tell Azucena?

5. What does the narrator in chapter twelve suggest is nearing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As an astroanalyst, Azucena helps her clients remember past lives. In order to apply for a job, she has to submit to having her subconscious memories of the past reviewed. She finds a way around this test, but with the aid of music, she does have a momentary vision of her past.

1) What is the role of art in the world that Laura Esquivel has created?

2) Do you believe that art is as powerful in life as it is in this text?

Essay Topic 2

Reincarnation is central to this novel.

1) What is reincarnation in this book?

2) Who reincarnates?

3) What do characters reincarnate?

Essay Topic 3

Azucena is involved in mundane daily activities like watching the news and standing in line at government offices.

1) What scenes of Azucena's daily life most affect your vision of the world that she lives in?

2) What effect do these scenes have on the rest of the story?

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