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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. Where does Chucho tell Makina the pickup is, that will take her she wants to go?

2. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?

3. How did Makina handle the man-who-struck-it-rich's failure?

4. What does Makina drink with Mr. Q?

5. How do the people in the anglogaggle appear to Makina?

Short Essay Questions

1. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?

2. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?

3. What slang does Makina use, and what is its effect?

4. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?

5. What does Makina think is killing her when the novel opens?

6. Why does Cora send Makina to talk to the top dogs?

7. What arrangement does Mr. Double-U make for Makina?

8. Who is Makina?

9. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?

10. How does the old man explain the game of baseball to Makina?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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