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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 say is called for, when she refuses the pulque the bartender brings out?
2. How does Makina say Mr. P’s men look?
3. What food has Makina brought with her?
4. What does Makina say to the people who are swallowed by the sinkhole?
5. What does Makina say Mr. Q has never been known to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator say things went for the man who tried to teach Makina a lesson in public?
2. What kind of omen does Makina think she sees in the beginning of Chapter 3?
3. How does the old man explain the game of baseball to Makina?
4. How does Mr. P. help Makina in her quest?
5. What is Makina’s river crossing like?
6. Who is Makina?
7. What is Makina’s impression of the people she sees in the city?
8. What does Makina have to establish in her meetings with each of the three top dogs?
9. What danger does Makina face in making her trip?
10. Who do Makina and Chucho encounter on their trip from the river in Chapter 3, and how do they escape from this person?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Identify the most important plot points in Signs Preceding the End of the World. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
Essay Topic 3
Assess the nature and quality of Makina’s relationships with boys in Signs Preceding the End of the World. Who does she have relations with, and what are the assumptions that guide those relationships? Are all of her relationships similar, or are there qualitative differences between her relationships? What do her relationships with boys tell us about her character?
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