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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 does Tam Lin say showed him the light?

2. What does Matt store as he drifts among the groups in the border patrol?

3. What does Matt say about slow people?

4. Who tells Matt he was harvested from a cow?

5. Why has Celia been giving Matt poison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Tam Lin say is unique and dangerous about the secret passage?

5. Why is Matt so sure that El Patron will never use him for spare parts like other clones are?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fidelito prove his loyalty, and why is this loyalty so shocking to Matt and the other Lost Boys?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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