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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Cartagena”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Nam awake to find standing outside his bedroom door?
(a) His mother.
(b) His friend.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His father.

2. When Ron comes home after his business with Luis, who does his mom tell him called?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Xavier.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Luis.

3. After Linda reads Nam’s story at the coffee shop, what does she tell him he is doing to his father in order to forgive him for abusing him?
(a) Lying about him.
(b) Sugarcoating his story.
(c) Making him seem too nice.
(d) Romanticizing his past.

4. Which former member of the group does the narrator of Cartagena say he does not wish to think about when reflecting on other missing members?
(a) Eduardo.
(b) Hernando.
(c) Carlos.
(d) Salesio.

5. Where is Nam attending his writer’s workshop?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Vermont.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the window in Claudia’s house missing?

2. What is one thing Nam does to try to break his writer’s block?

3. What do some of Nam’s friends suggest he write because it is “hot” (9)?

4. What does Nam’s father do at Nam’s apartment, despite Nam asking him to stop?

5. What does Ron realize about Zeno, the man El Padre had kill Hernando?

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