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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. Where does Excel buy things for a care package for Sab in Chapter 18?

2. In Chapter 22, what did Sab and Excel eat for his birthday dinner?

3. What did Red drink in Chapter 16 when other artists brought beer to celebrate his work on the televisions?

4. In Chapter 26, who told Excel that he needed to leave Hello City?

5. In Chapter 22, for how many days did Excel imagine that he was younger than he was?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Excel help Red do in Chapter 16?

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

3. In Chapter 16, how did Excel and Sab celebrate Thanksgiving?

4. What does Sab tell Excel about her pregnancy in Chapter 28, and why did she not call him?

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

6. In Chapter 32, what happens to Gunter one night?

7. Why does Gunter refuse to pay Excel in Chapter 17, and how does Excel protest?

8. In Chapter 26, how does Sab react when Excel tells her he is an illegal immigrant?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Excel works for a difficult man at a pizza parlor. How did Excel leave his job when he left for Hello City? How does Gunter feel when Excel asks for his job back? How does Gunter treat Excel? Is Gunter trying to get revenge?

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