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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. How does the Nail arrive at the Center for Children with AIDS?

2. What causes the bruise on Jack's chest that has Gia concerned, on the day the toys are returned?

3. Where does Kemel want to go?

4. What does the man who molested the girl at the Center say about the incident?

5. How do Alicia and the detective feel about each other on his first visit to her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Alicia wants to hire Jack.

2. How does Alicia react to her first visit from Detective Matthews at her apartment?

3. Why does Alicia attack a man with a fire extinguisher?

4. Why is Yoshio Takita following Sam Baker?

5. Why does Kemel worry that his conversation in the lawyer's office was overheard?

6. How is Jack continuing to help Jorge?

7. Who is Sam Baker?

8. Why won't Gia agree to marry Jack?

9. Describe the Nail.

10. Describe Alicia Clayton's reaction to watching her lawyer's car explode.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Milkdud and Gia represent two very different aspects of Jack's life. Compare and contrast the Jack that these two people know. Which is the more genuine version of Jack? Explain and support your answer with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Responsibility and integrity are two themes touched on in Legacies.

1) Select one character that best represents each quality and describe why that is the case.

2) Select a character who epitomizes one quality, but not the other, and analyze that character based on this criteria.

3) Use specific characters and events to explain how the author uses these two qualities to develop character growth in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What is the best use of symbolism in the novel? Explain why you decided what you did, and compare/contrast it against other examples of symbolism in the novel.

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