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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 does Mr. Aitch’s driver do when Makina takes out the package?
2. Where does Makina find Mr. Double-U?
3. What does Makina say her countrymen are armed with?
4. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?
5. How many languages does Makina speak?
Short Essay Questions
1. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?
2. Who is Makina?
3. What is Mr. Q’s style of speaking like?
4. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?
5. What slang does Makina use, and what is its effect?
6. What kind of omen does Makina think she sees in the beginning of Chapter 3?
7. What kind of relationship does Makina have with her boyfriend?
8. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?
9. What does Makina think is killing her when the novel opens?
10. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for Signs Preceding the End of the World? What is the ideal reader for Signs Preceding the End of the World likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
How would you rewrite Signs Preceding the End of the World, if you were to adapt it and make it your own? What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.
Essay Topic 3
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
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