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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the old woman in the black shawl who visits Frankie's grieving parents ?

2. Who realizes that it's a dead person not a stray dog that smells so bad?

3. Who is Rudolph H. Smith?

4. What does someone take Chuco in jail that makes him very happy?

5. What is the name of the town where the Foxyes live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What does the newspaper article say about the murder of Mr. Mario Miller de Cocuch?

2) Describe what Loreto's city is like at night. Include descriptions of people, what they do and where.

3) What is the "Rose WIndmill"? Describe it and the people who frequent it.

Choose two of the topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Choose your favorite character in the book and write about him or her. Tell why you chose that character.

2) What does Mendez' Jes's say the eighth deadly sin is? Do you agree of not agree? Why?

3) Name the nicknames of four characters in the book and tell which character they belong to.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Who is Panfilo? Why is he devastated? Go into some detail in your answer.

2) Describe the sarcastic description of "the valiant hawks". How did they influence Frankie Perez?

3) Who is Porfirio Diaz? What did he do?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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