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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many garbage men are there?

2. Who is Rosario Cuamea's assistant and inseparable buddy?

3. What had the two men who meet at the end of the book worked at together?

4. How do the Foxyes avoid having more than one child?

5. What crime does Chuco commit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Who is the dead man found at the bottom of a ravine. What is the story behind him?

2) Describe the scene from the book with Loreto and Frankie Perez. What are their thoughts and emotions?

3) Who is Mr. McCane? What does he do? How does he affect other characters in the book?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) In what ways is Bobby Foxye a typical hippie of the 1960s?

2) What are two things Bobby Foxye accused his parents of?

3) Who is Rudolph H. Smith? Describe him. What phobia does he have?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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