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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 drink with Mr. Q?
2. How does Makina say the people in the anglogaggle react to the machines at the self-checkout?
3. How are Makina’s countrymen different here?
4. The thing Makina sees once she is across the rive is not, in fact, a good omen: What is it?
5. Which of these things does the sinkhole swallow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the obsidian mound that gives this chapter its name?
2. Who is Makina?
3. What does Makina need to do to get access to Mr. Double-U and Mr. Aitch?
4. What does Makina have to establish in her meetings with each of the three top dogs?
5. What makes Makina impatient to finish the errand her mother has given her?
6. What has Makina brought with her on her trip to the other side?
7. What is Makina’s trip through the mountains like?
8. What is Makina’s river crossing like?
9. What is Mr. Q’s style of speaking like?
10. How does Makina handle the harassment she faces on the bus?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is the audience for Signs Preceding the End of the World? What is the ideal reader for Signs Preceding the End of the World likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the role of the helper characters in Signs Preceding the End of the World. From Chucho to the old women and men, Makina gets assistance from a number of places. What do these supporting characters have in common? How do they compare to the characters who threaten Makina? What do those characters have in common as well?
What are the values that animate supporting characters on either side? How do these supporting characters, both benevolent and threatening, imply competing world views?
Essay Topic 3
Would you recommend Signs Preceding the End of the World? For what purposes would you recommend Signs Preceding the End of the World, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
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