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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. Why does Celia tell Matt about her past?

2. Why can't Matt go away to school?

3. Who lives with Matt at the beginning of the book?

4. Where is Celia's new apartment?

5. Who takes Maria away from the birthday party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Matt want to learn more about the opium empire?

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

3. What is Eduardo's job?

4. What is Mrs. Ortega hired to do?

5. How does Matt find the secret passage?

6. What did the coyote do to Celia?

7. What does Matt do before Maria leaves for school, and why?

8. How did Furball really die?

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

10. What does Rosa do while she helps Matt when he is injured at the beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Robert Jordan have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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 and Courage are two themes that seem to appear in tandem many times in this book. What are some of these instances, and why do they always appear together?

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