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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 Makina think the folding chairs look like, at the stadium?
2. What do the signs say, that Makina sees in the city after passing through the mountains?
3. After crossing the river, what did Makina do in the cabin while the Anglo man is waiting outside?
4. What does the narrator say affected Makina for the first time with this sinkhole?
5. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Makina think is killing her when the novel opens?
2. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?
3. What kind of relationship does Makina have with her boyfriend?
4. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?
5. What is Mr. Q’s style of speaking like?
6. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?
7. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?
8. What does Makina say immigrants carried in their rucksacks?
9. What arrangement does Mr. Double-U make for Makina?
10. Why does Cora send Makina to talk to the top dogs?
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
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 3
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.
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