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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 are the prisoners required to address the guards?

2. On one very hot afternoon, what does Bruja force the prisoners to do?

3. Why were the high school students taken to the Little School?

4. How long has it been since to two women have been able to talk?

5. What does Rosa say when the guard asks if she will shoot him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can Alicia guess Vasca's mood each day?

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

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

5. When a batch of new prisoners arrive, what is Alicia requested to do?

6. What character trait helps Alicia get through many of her trials at the Little School?

7. Why does Alicia make the bread balls?

8. How do the prisoners communicate with the bread?

9. What does water do for Alicia in Beauty Treatment?

10. While interrogating Alicia's husband, what do the guards think about the stream poem?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different uses for bread at the Little School?

1) What does bread symbolize?

2) How do the prisoners use bread amongst themselves?

3) Why is bread so important to them?

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Alicia using information from the work. Be sure to include:

1) What are her values?

2) What does she believe in?

3) How does she stay true to herself?

4) What are her goals?

Essay Topic 3

Why is studying history important? How does the study of history help us to:

1) Reexamine past mistakes?

2) Plan for the future?

3) Gain a greater understanding of our heritage as human beings?

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