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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 name of the used car dealer who sells Rafael the Volkswagen?

2. What does Mayor's brother receive for Christmas?

3. What does Rafael complain that everyone thinks he loves because of his ethnicity?

4. What is Enrique's favorite meal?

5. Who teaches Mayor to drive a stick shift?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the song "Feliz Navidad" in the novel?

2. What are the repercussions of Quisqueya's news of Mayor and Maribel?

3. Why does Arturo have such a difficult time finding a new job?

4. What enrages Rafael the most about the discovery of Mayor's fight and trouble at school?

5. What is Nelia Zafon's backstory? Where is she from?

6. What happens when Alma goes to the police about Garrett Miller?

7. Why does Alma keep the information about Garrett secret from Arturo?

8. What leads to the fight between Mayor and Garrett? How does the fight end?

9. What causes the strife between Mayor and William?

10. How does Gloria come into a sum of money? How much is it? What does she do with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Garrett Miller? What information is related about Garrett's back-story? What are his current circumstances like? What role does Garrett play in the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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