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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. How many times was Trujillo shot?

2. What does Clives smell just before he finds Oscar?

3. When did Jefe's henchmen often drive their Packards to bonfires where dead from a hurricane were burning and pull out "hurricane victims"?

4. After Trujillo's death, who rounded up people and began an orgy of terror?

5. What does Oscar pin to Jenni's door when he is trying to win her in Part I, Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Oscar die in the cane fields in Part II, Chapter Six?

2. What does Max's family do with the money Lola gives them?

3. How do the rest of the people in the country live while the Cabrals dine well and have servants?

4. How does Oscar meet Ybon?

5. Who is Oscar's only friend on the staff at Don Bosco?

6. What happens to Yunior when he is walking home alone in Part I, Chapter 4?

7. What happens to Oscar at the end of his sophomore year?

8. What happened to Jackie and Astrid after their mother died and their father was imprisoned?

9. When Yunior first becomes Oscar's roommate, how does Oscar spend his evenings?

10. What does Oscar do on the weekend his first couple of year back home in Part II, Chapter Six?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Belicia's growing up years are described in Chapter 3. What type of person was Belicia, and what need inside of her shaped her character and who she was?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 3, Beli and her aunt increasingly have conflicts with one another. Why does the relationship between Beli and her aunt deteriorate so badly?

Essay Topic 3

Beli is beaten and left dead. Was Beli's beating a sign of a curse or a sign of fortune?

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