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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. Who tells Makina to go clean up before she gives anyone the package?
2. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?
3. Where does Makina meet Mr. Q?
4. What does Makina say to herself when the ground lurches, at the beginning of the book?
5. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Makina say immigrants carried in their rucksacks?
2. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?
3. How does Makina handle the harassment she faces on the bus?
4. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?
5. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?
6. Why does Cora send Makina to talk to the top dogs?
7. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?
8. What kind of relationship does Makina have with her boyfriend?
9. What does Makina think is killing her when the novel opens?
10. Who is Makina?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What topics would you like to research further, after reading Signs Preceding the End of the World? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Signs Preceding the End of the World.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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