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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 is the title of the book that Maria takes from Ratan's apartment in Chapter 23?

2. Where does the man tell Lucy to bring Angel the following day in Chapter 34?

3. What does Angel drop into his friend's Santa Muerte shrine in the end of Chapter 31?

4. What kind of weapon does Angel take with him when he goes into the safe house in Chapter 27?

5. Which dam came down second in Colorado?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed through Maria's observation of Angel's concern for Lucy in Chapter 22?

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

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

4. How does Maria manage to escape the Vet's compound in Chapter 38?

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

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

7. How does Maria's concern regarding the water rights differ from those of the other main characters in Chapter 23?

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

9. How does the narrative perspective change in Chapter 23?

10. What moral choice does Lucy face in Chapter 34? What is significant about her decision?

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 theme of power in The Water Knife. Who in the novel holds the most power? How is this power illustrated? What or who are the symbols of power in Lucy's, Angel's, and Maria's story lines?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of The Water Knife. Is the story related in a linear or nonlinear narrative? Where in the story does the exposition transition to rising action? Where do the climax, falling action, and denouement occur?

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