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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. Who is the school principal of Jamie’s school?

2. What work does Ron do for his boss?

3. What was found near Dory and his uncle’s house that gives Jamie a chill to think of when talking with Alison?

4. What do Claudia and Eduardo do to the target before they leave him?

5. Who is Dory’s friend, whom Michael tells Jamie saw him with Alison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?

2. Why are Carlos and Salesio missing from Ron’s gallada as explained at the start of “Cartagena”?

3. Who is Alison Fischer and what is her relationship with Jamie?

4. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?

5. How does Alison behave when Jamie goes to Dory’s house to follow through with the fight?

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. 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?

8. What does El Padre tell Ron happened to Hernando after he failed to assassinate him?

9. What does Linda say about Nam’s story after she reads it in the coffee shop?

10. What did Jamie’s father do after his mother was diagnosed with MS?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Henry’s physical and emotional changes over the course of “Meeting Elise.”

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how Nam and his father’s relationship develops over the course of the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice.”

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the imagery use is “Tehran Calling.” Be sure to include how the imagery discussed represents the themes of the story.

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