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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 31, how many days after they met does Jerry send the money?

2. How long are flights from San Francisco to Belgrade, Serbia?

3. At the end of Chapter 27, what time does Excel wake and hear Maxima pumeling The Bod?

4. What do Maxima and Excel split in the food ourt at the airport in Chapter 30?

5. What luggage do Maxima and Excel have in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Excel send Z back to Serbia?

2. In Chapter 22, how did Excel celebrate his birthday late?

3. In Chapter 28, how long is Sab staying in Colma?

4. How does Sab feel when she receives the care package from Excel?

5. In Chapter 19, how did Excel learn to drive?

6. What finally came for Sab in Chapter 24, and what did it look like?

7. Why does Maxima tell Excel in Chapter 30 that she did not call 911 for Joker?

8. How was Excel born?

9. What do Jerry, Maxima, and Excel do when they meet in San Francisco?

10. In Chapter 17, what does Excel do when he gets home?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Excel and Maxima practice for the chats with Jerry. How do Excel and Maxima practice for the chats with Jerry? How does Maxima want Excel to present himself? Why is body language so important?

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