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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. Who arranged Maria's marriage?

2. What makes Matt cry at the factory?

3. Who spreads a rumor that Matt is fleeing to the U.S.?

4. What gives Matt an asthma attack?

5. Where did Matt get his ideas about slow people?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Fidelito doing in the cemetery when Matt finds him?

2. How does Tam Lin try to protect Matt after the wedding?

3. How does Tam Lin act at Matt's coming of age party?

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

5. How does Tam Lin tell Matt to escape?

6. What happens to Celia after El Patron's death?

7. How does Matt get across the border?

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

9. What happened to Ton Ton's parents?

10. What does Matt notice about the nightly attacks on his character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Maria different from her siblings, and how do these differences affect the tone and progression of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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