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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 does Alicia's mother brag that her children do?

2. Which guard's name means "duck"?

3. Who did the denim jacket previously belong to?

4. How does the denim jacket make Alicia feel?

5. What poem does Alicia recite for Vasca?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the prisoners communicate with the bread?

2. How does she feel when she is able to wash her hands with the leak?

3. How does she feel while being punished by Peine?

4. What happened to Alicia the first time she called for a "Senor"?

5. Rosa has seen one of the guards' faces---what is he worried about?

6. After the military visitor comes, where do the prisoners have to brush their teeth?

7. What happens to Alicia when the raindrop falls on her forehead?

8. What was Alicia on the early bus to the suburbs?

9. Why is the guards' choice of Chinese water torture ridiculous?

10. What is the subject of chapter 11, A Puzzle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alicia mentions that the government began to release people after getting pressure internationally. Do you think without such pressure the atrocities would have continued? Why or why not? As members of the world community, how responsible are we to aid in such situations? Can you think of any other humanitarian situation recently where the international community became involved? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Alicia's nose.

1) As a young girl, how did Alicia feel about her nose?

2) What problems has she historically had with her nose?

3) How does her nose become a blessing at the Little School?

4) Ultimately, how do Alicia and her nose reconcile?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the denim jacket.

1) Where does the jacket come from?

2) Why is Alicia both excited and horrified by the jacket?

3) What does the jacket symbolize?

4) Why does Alicia feel less pain when beaten with the jacket on?

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