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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. How many floors does the infinity pond flow down at Taiyang?

2. What does Lucy use to clean Angel's gunshot wound as she cleans it in Chapter 27?

3. Where does Esteban shoot Toomie in Chapter 33?

4. Where do Angel and Maria exit from the infinity fountain in Chapter 24?

5. Who does Lucy say funds the television show that Angel is watching in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the characters of Angel and Toomie contrasted against one another in Chapter 29?

2. What is ironic about Angel's relationship with Maria when they first meet in Chapters 22 and 23?

3. How has the perspective changed in Chapter 37? Why is this significant?

4. How is Angel's character revealed to the reader from Maria's perspective in Chapter 22?

5. Why does Maria free the Vet's wild animals in Chapter 38?

6. How do Lucy's and Maria's circumstances compare in this section of the novel?

7. What decision does Maria make in Chapter 33? Why?

8. How is the reversal of character between Angel and Lucy illustrated in Chapter 27?

9. Where do Angel and Lucy go in Chapter 28? Why? How is this setting described?

10. What irony can be seen in the relationship between Angel and Maria in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Maria's entrapment at the Vet's compound in the narrative. Why has Maria been held captive? What looming danger does she face while she is entrapped? How does Maria's entrapment act as a metaphor in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

What makes Lucy try to take the water rights in the end of the novel? Do you think she is justified in doing so? Why or why not? What obstacle does this action present to the other main characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of choice and privilege in the novel. How does each character's level of privilege influence their choices in the story? How do the levels of privilege change for the main characters? How does this affect their choices?

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