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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. How many languages does Makina speak?
2. What does Mr. Aitch wait to do, before he gives Makina the thing he wants her to deliver?
3. Where does Chucho tell Makina the pickup is, that will take her she wants to go?
4. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?
5. What did Makina help Mr. Q with a few years ago?
Short Essay Questions
1. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?
2. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?
3. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?
4. What is Mr. Q’s style of speaking like?
5. What does Makina have to establish in her meetings with each of the three top dogs?
6. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?
7. How does Makina handle the harassment she faces on the bus?
8. How does the old man explain the game of baseball to Makina?
9. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?
10. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Assess Herrera’s novel as a contribution to contemporary discussions of immigration in the U.S. What is Herrera saying, and how does it fit with perspectives other commentators or elected officials are taking? Whose arguments can Herrera be said to be backing? Which arguments is his book a refutation of?
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
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
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