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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. How many flat notes does Crick whistle over and over again in Chapter 12?

2. What color flowers are on the desert willow in Chapter 14?

3. In Chapter 1, in Lita's story, how often does the fire snake retrace his journey hoping to reunite with his mother?

4. In Chapter 12, what does Petra imagine after she uses the bathroom and lays back down again on the pod bed?

5. In a story Petra remembers her grandmother telling, what color dress does Iztaccihuatl wear in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lita give Petra to take on her trip?

2. What phrase plays over and over from the Cog inside Petra's head, and what does she tell herself in Chapter 10?

3. When does Petra finally get sleepy and lose consciousness?

4. What conversation do Petra and her mother have about her name and her future in Chapter 11?

5. What were the interstellar colonization ships designed for?

6. What is En Cognito?

7. What does Petra see and hear when the ship has to leave early?

8. What is on the first level of the ship?

9. What does Crick discover when he scans Petra, and what does the Chancellor say to do about it?

10. What does Petra learn happened to her parents?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in The Last Cuentista to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in The Last Cuentista? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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