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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 memory does Petra try to save in Chapter 8?

2. What color jumpsuit does Ben wear in Chapter 4?

3. At the end of Chapter 16, who brings new jumpsuits for the Zetas to wear?

4. What is Suma called in Chapter 10?

5. What type of stone is on the pendant Lita gives Petra in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Suma sent back into stasis?

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

3. What does Petra hear in Chapter 8?

4. What were the interstellar colonization ships designed for?

5. What happens when Petra is put in her stasis pod?

6. What does Petra remember doing with her father the summer she turned 12?

7. What does Petra learn she and her family will be doing?

8. What story does Lita tell Petra about Halley's Comet?

9. What is En Cognito?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Higuera reveals Petra’s life during a pivotal time. How do the events in The Last Cuentista help Petra mature and grow in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Glish does not believe that work or service matters if they cannot reap the benefits of their work and service. How does Glish’s philosophy go against the dogma of the Collective?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of Chapter 25, it appears that Javier has betrayed Petra. Why does it appear that Javier has betrayed Petra? How does Petra learn later that appearances deceived her and Javier did not betray her?

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