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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 jewels was El Aleman wearing when he came to the finca where his girlfriend's party was held?

2. When did Castro's band of guerrilleros arrive at Las Coloradas Beach?

3. What Psalm did Luisa pray in the days after Javier killed her father?

4. In Chapter 8, who is interested in the few hundred words Lisette writes about the peace deal after her kidnapping?

5. What does Jefferson offer to give Edilson for Lisette?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the peace vote arrives, and what difference will it make?

2. What is the difference between where army resources are deployed and how Juan Pedro would like to see resources deployed in Chapter 5?

3. How does Diego find a place for Lisette to go and try to find a story?

4. Why was there a mission to go to schools as clowns in Chapter 8, and why was it not a good idea?

5. What is Abel's life like when Jefferson returns?

6. What do doctors tell Jefferson about his illness?

7. What does Abel leave at Chepe's bar where his family and neighbors were killed?

8. What happened to Juana Perez, and how did she survive?

9. How does Mason feel when his father teaches Inez how to fell a tree?

10. In Chapter 5, what did Mason need to become?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Raul makes a lifestyle change. Why does Raul make a lifestyle change? How does his change cause unexpected consequences?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of the novel and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

The Carpenter is a guerilla leader. How are there two sides to Carpenter? What is communicated about duality through the contrast of the violence he inflicts and the kindnesses he shows?

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