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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 makes Matt cry at the factory?

2. What does Fidelito say is unfair about the border patrol jobs?

3. How are Consuela and Guapo related?

4. Why is Chacho so weak when he gets out of the bone pit?

5. What is the first major medical problem Matt sees El Patron face?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Matt stop himself from running away to the mountains after his coming of age party?

4. Why is El Patron not able to use Matt's heart?

5. Why do the Keepers call Matt an aristocrat?

6. When does Matt's tattoo get seen at the factory?

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

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

9. What happened to Ton Ton's parents?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are so many people unable to accept Matt, and what does this indicate about the society this book takes place in?

Essay Topic 2

Competition and Fair-Play are themes found in many different scenes of this book. What are some of those scenes, and what affect did they have on the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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