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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 apologize to Matt for in the secret passage?

2. What does a coyote man do?

3. What does Rosa get mad at Matt for?

4. What is Tam Lin's job?

5. What does the doctor say Matt suffers from when Matt is with the old man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Tom show Matt and Maria at the hospital?

3. How does Matt find the secret passage?

4. What does Celia tell Matt about the children at the Big House?

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

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

7. What did the coyote do to Celia?

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

9. What is Mrs. Ortega hired to do?

10. What is Eduardo's job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the key examples of gratitude in this book, and how do these instances affect that characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 2

Chacho was a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How did he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence- however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if Chacho had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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