View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lucy's last name?

2. What does Lucy share with a bartender in the back alley of Apocalypse Now! in Chapter 14?

3. What is Ratan's room number at the Taiyang?

4. What role-playing video game is alluded to in Chapter 11?

5. At what hotel is Angel staying in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Lucy differ from the other main characters in terms of privilege?

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

4. What motif appears in Chapter 16? What does this motif foreshadow?

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

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

7. What is the principle setting of The Water Knife? How is this setting described?

8. What is the signifcance of the allusions to Cadillac Desert in Chapter 18?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the setting of The Water Knife. When and where does the action largely take place in the novel? How would you relate this setting to your community today? What has created the setting of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of foreshadowing and irony in The Water Knife. What are specific examples where these literary devices are used to develop tension and suspense in the narrative? What are examples where they are used for humor? What are the most prominent of these devices used and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Maria's action of shooting Lucy in the end of the novel. What motivates Maria to shoot Lucy? What is the outcome of her decision? Do you think that Maria's choice was justified? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 908 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample