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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. In Chapter 44, how old was Simonopio?

2. In Chapter 13, what did Dr. cantu recommend that Lazaro eat?

3. At the end of Chapter 11, how long ago had Father Pedro died?

4. What fear did Simonopio still have in Chapter 44?

5. Who planted orange trees at the end of the last century in Montemorelos?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 33 how did Simonopio finally find the bees treasure?

2. In Chapter 30, who did Espiricueta believe was following him?

3. What was Simonopio's first night in the shed like in Chapter 27?

4. What trouble did Francisco have speaking, and how did his parents get him to speak Spanish?

5. How did Francisco's mother-in-law find some peace when the family was at La Florida?

6. How did Francisco decide that they would supervise Carmen and Antonio's engagement?

7. What did Sr. Garza find when he went home in Chapter 11?

8. In Chapter 15, why did Simonopio go to get Beatriz?

9. Why was Francisco Junior's birth a surprise?

10. Why was it a mystery as to how Nana Reja found the baby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What are the points of view in the book? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and people? How does the use of the two points of view provide readers with more information than the use of one point of view could provide?

Essay Topic 2

Francisco wanted a strong relationship with his son. What type of relationship did Francisco and his son have? How did Francisco want to strengthen the relationship between him and his son? How would you describe the relationship between Francisco and his son?

Essay Topic 3

The author used the stream of consciousness point of view as Francisco was dying. How did the author use Francisco’s internal monologue and stream of conscious to depict Francisco’s thoughts and feelings? How did the use of stream of consciousness enable readers to understand Francisco’s dying thoughts?

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