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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. In Chapter 5, how many miles of oil pipe did a Lancero NCO and his team have to protect in heavy jungle?

2. How old is Abel when he dies?

3. Where does Valencia's professor want to take his students to do independent study during the summer in Chapter 6?

4. What highway were Mason and his team taking in Chapter 7?

5. How did El Aleman come to the finca where his girlfriend's birthday party was held?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did Valencia want to do over the summer, and why did Juan Pedro not want her to go?

3. How did Luisa help Abel rebuild his life?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Agudelo remember about the attack he suffered when he worked with the Sofia Perez Lawyers' Collective?

5. What happens at a checkpoint at the end of Chapter 4?

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

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

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

9. With whom does Abel probably communicate as the van speeds back to La Vigia after Lisette is kidnapped?

10. In 2007, why was it not possible to secure Afghanistan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Abel is drawn into Jefferson’s paramilitary organization after his parents die and then after he has started a new life. Why does Abel not tell Jefferson no when Jefferson asks him to work for him again? Is Abel a coward?

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