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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 is Mr. Aitch doing when Makina arrives?
2. What pose does the man in the truck assume, after Makina surprises him?
3. What is the weather like in the mountains?
4. How does Makina say the people look when they leave the supermarket and return to the street?
5. What shape does the sinkhole take when it is done sinking?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?
2. What kind of omen does Makina think she sees in the beginning of Chapter 3?
3. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?
4. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?
5. What arrangement does Mr. Double-U make for Makina?
6. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?
7. What is Makina’s river crossing like?
8. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?
9. What has Makina brought with her on her trip to the other side?
10. What does Makina say immigrants carried in their rucksacks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the title of Signs Preceding the End of the World as a map to the experiences contained in the book. What is the ‘end of the world,’ in Makina’s experience? What are the ‘signs’ that preceded it? How does the ambiguity or playfulness in the title affect your experience reading the book?
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