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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 what part of Hello City did Lucia live?
2. What did Maxima and Excel pay for their apartment when they moved in with Joker?
3. How much did Sab pay for a bedroom in her aunt's trailer when she and Excel met?
4. How much did Excel get paid for cleaning Heddy and Ned's Airstream in Chapter 13?
5. In Chapter 11, who called the Hello City Town Council meeting to order?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does a woman give Excel on the bus?
2. How did Joker meet Maxima?
3. Have there been any changes in Excel's room while he has been gone, and what does he think when he sees the room?
4. What happens when Gunter gets ready to hit Excel in Chapter 6?
5. What happens in Chapter 9 when Excel goes to Target?
6. How did Sab feel about her job in Chapter 13?
7. What is The Pie Who Loved Me?
8. In Chapter 13, what are some jobs that Excel did in Hello City?
9. How did Joker die?
10. In Chapter 14, what happens after the showing of Maxima's film at the community college?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Excel never calls Maxima mother. What is conveyed about parent-child relationships through the relationship that Excel and Maxima have? Does their relationship change throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of The Son of Good Fortune, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Maxima and Excel are illegal immigrants. Why are Maxima and Excel illegal immigrants? How does being illegal immigrants make their lives difficult? How does being illegal immigrants affect their future?
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