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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 El Patron say his clones always forget?

2. Why is Ton Ton given a special privilege?

3. Who does Steven marry?

4. Why has Celia been giving Matt poison?

5. What does Raul's talk about individualism promote?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Keepers call Matt an aristocrat?

2. Why does Matt strike up a friendship with Chacho and Fidelito?

3. What does Matt say about the talk with the 5 legged horse?

4. How was Fidelito able to get away from the Keepers?

5. Why does Matt not run away when he hears the shrimp harvester coming?

6. How does Matt say Maria could get out of her arranged marriage?

7. How does Matt feel now that he is with the border patrol?

8. What is the talk with the 5 legged horse about?

9. What causes Matt to finally admit something wrong about himself to Jorge?

10. What happened to Ton Ton's parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Tam Lin and Celia change through the course of the book, and what causes these changes? Who undergoes the most emotional growth?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The characters in this book all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affected the characters around them.

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