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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 Adam often smoke?

2. What do Isabel and Adam tend to do at the same time?

3. What is one thing Adam will not do in front of Isabel?

4. Why does Adam say he wrongly laughed at Isabel's story?

5. Where does Adam meet Arturo?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adam meet Teresa?

2. What does Adam think of Tomas's poetry?

3. What does Arturo do for Adam as Adam reads his poems?

4. What does Adam tell Cyrus about his responsibility for the stranger's death in Mexico?

5. What personal story does Teresa tell Adam the night they first meet?

6. How does Rufina react to Adam's revelation that his parents are psychologists?

7. Where is Adam on his fellowship?

8. What is Adam intensely suspicious of when it comes to art?

9. Who does Adam intend to hurt buy telling her about his reading he did not invite her to?

10. Who does Isabel take Adam to visit in her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Adam ever come to a deeper understanding about himself by the end of the novel? Why or why not? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Adam's perspective on the relationship between literature and politics? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What political events are happening in the world that makes Adam wary of how foreigners might perceive Americans, and why does he feel this way? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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