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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 Charles Braxton's profession?
(a) He is a lawyer.
(b) He is a banker.
(c) He is a professional baseball player.
(d) He is a butcher.

2. Whose perspective is the focus of Chapter 17?
(a) Sarah's.
(b) Maria's.
(c) Lucy's.
(d) Angel's.

3. What words are tattooed on Angel's back?
(a) "La Santa Muerte."
(b) "Dios Salve al Rey."
(c) "Madre Mia."
(d) "Angelito Mio."

4. Where is Sarah from?
(a) Austin.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Houston.
(d) Dallas.

5. What are the residents of Phoenix called in the novel?
(a) Fivers.
(b) Calis.
(c) Zoners.
(d) Lifers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the area called in Phoenix which "had been Phoenix's attempt to build a Las Vegas south of the river," according to the narrator in Chapter 14?

2. Where is Lucy meeting with the Chinese engineer in Chapter 19?

3. What does the narrator translate "Yuan Da Ji Tuan" as in Chapter 4?

4. What is "da dong" translated as in Chapter 14?

5. What does the bartender cite as the motto for the company called Ibis in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Angel's character introduced in Chapter 1? What does the author reveal about his character in this chapter?

4. How is the theme of choices illustrated in Chapter 8?

5. What character transformation begins to occur in Chapter 11?

6. What is the inciting event that sets the narrative into motion?

7. What is revealed through the change in the narrative's focus in Chapter 11?

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

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

10. How does Maria's perspective differ from those of the other main characters when she is introduced in Chapter 3?

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