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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. Which of the following is the name of Rutilio’s dog?

2. Which of the following keyboard instruments does the band at Club Kalfour feature?

3. Which of the following percussion instruments does the band at Club Kalfour feature?

4. Which of the following kinds of dance does Sierra note knowing?

5. Along which of the following avenues do Sierra and Bennie proceed to the first party of the summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Bennie’s brother, Vincent, reported to have died, and when?

2. What random gossip does Bennie report to Sierra while braiding her hair?

3. What outfit is Bennie wearing when she leaves to attend the first party of the summer?

4. How is the first corpuscule Sierra encounters described upon reaching the first party of the summer?

5. What does Sierra note as evidence of Lázaro’s sweetness to her childhood self?

6. What does Sierra note as evidence of her grandmother’s love for her childhood self?

7. How does the novel initially report the effects of Lázaro’s stroke upon him?

8. What reasons does Nydia note for helping Sierra in the archives?

9. What is Sierra’s stated “policy on cute boys, and really, boys in general” (21)?

10. How is the failure of people to see the changes to shadowshaped artwork explained?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the incidences of catcalling Sierra experiences and their effects on the narrative.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter Nineteen, as she admits Robbie to her room, Sierra “slapped him as hard as she could” in a rebuke for his failures with her (109). How does the novel justify the action? Is the novel correct to do so? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Explicate the significance of Bennie’s name.

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