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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 does Maria say happens when El Patron owns something?

2. Where did Celia learn to cook?

3. Where is El Patron from?

4. What does Rosa get mad at Matt for?

5. What makes Maria mad when she first sees Matt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Furball really die?

2. Why atrocity lies in Tam Lin's past?

3. Who promises to save Matt from the Big House, and how does Matt respond to this?

4. Why does Celia choose to tell Matt about her past?

5. What does El Patron tell Matt when they first meet?

6. What did the coyote do to Celia?

7. What does Matt do when Tom comes to taunt him after his first time in the Big House?

8. Where is Furball found when he goes missing before El Patron's birthday?

9. How does Matt get injured at the beginning of the book?

10. What does Steven tell his siblings about Matt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nancy Farmer has created some different kinds of humans in this book. What are some of these altered human forms, and how does their inclusion in this book shape the plot and the setting of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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