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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. Where is Nam attending his writer’s workshop?
2. Who did Hernando kill after he and Ron had been taken away during a football game?
3. What does Nam’s father notice in his apartment, saying he knew he would never really quit?
4. What is the nickname for the part of town that the group’s target is supposed to be?
5. How soon before Nam’s father’s visit does he tell his girlfriend his father is coming?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “Love and Honor” why is Nam surprised to find his father in his apartment when he wakes up?
2. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?
3. How does Alison behave when Jamie goes to Dory’s house to follow through with the fight?
4. What does Jamie’s mother tell him he should talk to John Thompson about?
5. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?
6. When Henry arrives at Carnegie Hall to try to see Elise he is given a note from her. What does the note say?
7. After Nam interviews his father and rewrites his story, what does his father do with his story when he takes it outside?
8. What does Henry thinks when he sees Elise perform and spots her outside after the concert?
9. Why does Jamie’s father think they need to move to Maroomba and how does he ask Jamie and his brother to help make it happen?
10. Why are Carlos and Salesio missing from Ron’s gallada as explained at the start of “Cartagena”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose two stories from The Boat and write an essay analyzing the theme of loneliness in the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the imagery use is “Tehran Calling.” Be sure to include how the imagery discussed represents the themes of the story.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Henry’s physical and emotional changes over the course of “Meeting Elise.”
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