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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Julio's last name?
(a) Hernandez.
(b) Rodriguez.
(c) Ricardo.
(d) Guzman.

2. What is the name of Lucy's sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maria.
(c) Amparo.
(d) Anna.

3. What are the names of Lucy's sister's children?
(a) Sarah and Marie.
(b) Anna and Paul.
(c) James and Bessie.
(d) Stacie and Ant.

4. What is the name of Timo's sister?
(a) Amparo.
(b) Anna.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah.

5. What is Angel's last name in the narrative?
(a) Francis.
(b) Velasquez.
(c) Javier.
(d) Munroe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Julio say the Coca-Cola bottling plant is relocating in Chapter 13?

2. Where is Maria hiding in Chapter 20?

3. What color are Lucy's eyes described as in Chapter 13?

4. What is the name of the bar that Sarah and Maria go to in Chapter 15?

5. What character is the focus of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angel learn about Lucy in Chapter 13? How does this information affect him?

2. What is illustrated for the reader in the first encounter between Lucy and Maria in Chapter 14?

3. How are the events in Chapter 15 significant in terms of Maria's role in the story?

4. In Chapters 17 through 20, the three main characters finally come into direct contact with one another. How does this impact the narrative?

5. How do the antagonists for Angel, Lucy, and Maria differ?

6. What paradox can be seen in Angel's character? How is this paradox illustrated in Chapter 1?

7. What is established through the exchange between Lucy and Angel in Chapter 16?

8. What is the purpose of the author revealing Angel's back-story in Chapter 4?

9. How is the narrative of The Water Knife related?

10. How is Lucy's character juxtaposed against Angel's in Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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