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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 do people say that swans do when they die?

2. When Father forces Neftali and Laurita into the ocean in "Ocean," what does Mamadre pretend to do?

3. What does Neftali write in the sand during his first time on the beach in "Ocean"?

4. What does Guillermo want Neftali to do in "Love"?

5. In "Lagoon," how long do Neftali and Laurita care for the swan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What will Uncle Orlando do after his newspaper office burns?

2. What does Neftali see when he looks at his uncle after the fire at the newspaper office?

3. What does Father make Neftali and Laurita do when they get to the ocean?

4. How does the family seem different to Neftali as they walk to the beach in "Ocean"?

5. In "Ocean," who does Neftali make friends with on the boat?

6. What type of jobs does Neftali do for his uncle when he works at the newspaper office?

7. Why do Valeria and Blanca's family move, and what does Naftali give Blanca to remember him by?

8. What distrubing news does Neftali learn from a letter and how does he feel about the news in "Fire"?

9. How does the librarian, Augusto, help Neftali find a place to read in "Lagoon"?

10. In "Lagoon," what do Father and Mamadre say about Neftali on their last day in Puerto Saavedra?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Father calls Neftali absentminded in “Mud.” Why does Father call Neftali absentminded? What does Neftali think it means to be absentminded? Why is Neftali confused when his father calls him absentminded?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?

Essay Topic 3

Neftali is rejected by his father and other boys. How is Neftali rejected by his father? How is he rejected by other boys? How does the rejection affect Neftali emotionally and physically?

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