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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. What time does Excel leave the conversation Maxima is having about leaving Perfecto to get work in Chapter 27?

3. Who taught Excel to drive in Chapter 19?

4. What killed Sab's mother?

5. In Chapter 30, how long is Jerry's flight delayed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18 what does Excel send Sab?

2. How was Excel born?

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

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

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

6. How do Maxima and Excel meet Jerry at the San Francisco International Airport?

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

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

9. How does Excel send Z back to Serbia?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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