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

2. What did Sab make to eat in Chapter 16?

3. In Chapter 16, what did Lucia make to eat the night of Red's opening?

4. How many hours was Sab working in Chapter 19?

5. How much has Excel earned since he came back in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 27, why does Jerry send money?

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

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

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

5. What advice does Jerry give Excel before they part?

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

7. How does Excel send Z back to Serbia?

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

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

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

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

Maxima and Excel discuss sins when they are at a restaurant with Roxy. Why does Maxima say that the time Excel threw a spelling bee was a sin? What does Excel say are really sins? Why does the conversation become so heated? What does it reveal about things that are wrong?

Essay Topic 3

Maxima’s sister is back in the Philippines after suffering a stroke. Where has Queenie worked for many years? What does the job that she had convey about the struggles of Filipino overseas workers?

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