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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 is the hometown of Alma and her family?
2. Where did the driver pick up Arturo and his family to bring them to Delaware?
3. What tattoo does Garrett have on his neck?
4. At what shopping center does Gustavo Milhojas now work at a movie theater?
5. Where does Alma's landlord say is the area where most of the black people live?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is the novel principally set? How is the setting described?
2. What does Garrett do to Maribel to lead Mayor to stand up for her by the bus stop?
3. Who is Alma Rivera? What role does she play in the novel?
4. How and why does Celia's relationship with Quisqueya change?
5. Where is Rafael Toro from? When did he come to the U.S.? Why?
6. From what narrative perspective is the novel related? Why is this significant?
7. How does Alma compare her life in Mexico to her life in the U.S.?
8. What various attempts have Mayor's family made to visit Panama? What prevented them from doing so?
9. Who is Gustavo Milhojas and what led him to the U.S.?
10. What family history of Garrett's is related through Mayor's narrative?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss gender roles and expectations in The Book of Unknown Americans. How are the women in the story treated differently than the men? What is expected of them? What harassment or abuses do the women of the novel experience?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Rafael's back-story and his current circumstances in the novel. Where is Rafael from? What brought him to the U.S.? How would you describe his relationship with his wife an sons?
Essay Topic 3
Why are Mayor and Maribel forbidden from seeing one another? Do you think that this punishment was justified? Why or why not? What are the repercussions of this action?
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