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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 29, what is Excel wearing?

2. In Chapter 16, where did Red and Excel use the TV screen shards to make a mosaic?

3. How many people does Maxima tell Jerry that they share the communal kitchen and bathroom with?

4. In Chapter 19, what meat was served during a New Year's party at Hello City?

5. How old was Sab when her mother died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What story does Excel tell Maxima about needing money in Chapter 18?

6. What kind of hours was Sab working in Chapter 19?

7. Why did Excel have to leave Hello City in Chapter 26?

8. What story does Maxima make up for Jerry Borger?

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

10. Where did Sab go and why when she was gone overnight in Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maxima started talking to men about six months after Joker died. What does Excel think of his mother’s work? Why does he not consider it working? Does he think she is a scam artist?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Maxima was trained by Joker in martial arts. Why were Maxima and Joker separated for 15 years? What did Joker do when Maxima called him for help? How would you describe the relationship between Joker and Maxima?

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