View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nam’s father do at Nam’s apartment, despite Nam asking him to stop?
(a) Order pizza.
(b) Wash his dishes.
(c) Snoop.
(d) Make his bed.

2. What name does Ron’s boss go by?
(a) Pablo.
(b) El Padre.
(c) El Diablo.
(d) El Jefe.

3. Why is the window in Claudia’s house missing?
(a) It has been so hot they had it removed.
(b) Her mother jumped through it.
(c) They had been robbed recently.
(d) It broke and they could not afford to fix it.

4. Who is describing the beaches of Cartagena at the start of the story?
(a) Juan.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Pedro.
(d) Luis.

5. 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) Hernando.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Eduardo.
(d) Salesio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stories has Nam written in the year he has spent at the writing workshop?

2. What work does Ron do for his boss?

3. Which member of the group urges the narrator to help them with the with their “business on behalf of Luis” (30)?

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

5. How old is Ron in Cartagena?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample