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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 did Manny see when he opened the bathroom door when Rebecca and Magda were inside?
2. When Magda went to meet a boy behind the house and Rebecca was putting things away at Grandma Rosa's and Manny stayed home to watch Pedi, where was Manuel?
3. Why was Chico in the locker room when Manny brought in Albert with his bloody nose?
4. What milestone did Albert accomplish during training that made Manny start to think their team may have a chance at winning?
5. What claim to fame did Coach Rogers have that everyone knew about, even Manny's dad from when he had been in school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What actions did Manuel take on the day Magda went to the hospital that were indicative of his usual tendency to take a hands-off approach to his family's problems?
2. Why did Nardo have a particularly difficult time in the first few hours of hard work he and Manny did in their grandmother's yard?
3. Why did Manuel assume that Grandma Rosa's house would go to Rebecca and what were his plans for it when that happened?
4. When Grandma Rosa emerged from the house while Manny and Nardo were working in her hard, what memories did she tell the boys about?
5. Manny relates that his maternal grandfather died a few years back. What was his grandfather's health like before he died?
6. How does Manny's act of nearly shooting his little sister Pedi play into the novel's theme regarding the power of choice?
7. Who were the Berets?
8. Why was it so important to Miguel that Lencho win the boxing match against Boise?
9. How did Manny feel about his physical appearance when he compared it with Nardo's?
10. Though at first Rebecca claimed it was their lack of money that was keeping her from taking Magda back to the hospital after her fever kept rising, what did she finally admit was the real reason?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Victor Martinez cites one of his main literary influences as the poet William Carlos Williams, who is famous for his philosophy of literature that states, “There are no ideas but in things” (216). Discuss the meaning of this literary philosophy and explain how Parrot in the Oven displays its use. Use textual details to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 2
Examine the topic of work within the novel. Look at Manny's description of inheriting his grandfather Ignacio's "useful blood" (6) and the contrasting attitudes toward work displayed by Nardo and Manuel. Look also at other discussions of work and ambition in the novel, such as Manny's pronouncement of Albert's risky decision to join the boxing team since he was academically inclined, and pull concrete details from those examples to support your claims.
Essay Topic 3
Write a feminist criticism essay of the novel, using textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the treatment of gender roles in the book.
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