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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. Which of the following does Gómez give Edu?

2. Which of the following does Selena note would be an identifying feature of Anita’s mother?

3. What is the name of Selena’s grandmother?

4. Which of the following is a feature of Azabahar?

5. Whom of the following is the first the author acknowledges?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Samuel recall that prompts him to help Anita?

2. What does Samuel note his grandson deserves?

3. Why does Samuel note Anita could become a concert pianist?

4. To what are the preternatural abilities of the Durán women attributed?

5. How does Anita’s father die?

6. What history does Leticia find for Samuel’s home?

7. How does Selena react to the autopsies of those exhumed from the mass grave in El Salvador?

8. How does Frank know his contact at the U.S. embassy in El Salvador?

9. Why does Selena’s fiancé take well to his profession?

10. How had Cruz helped Nadine’s work with immigrants?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Early on, the comment is made that “the crowd’s raw, savage energy was contagious and even exhilarating,” such that a character “had to reject the impulse to transform into a monster, to destroy, burn, and shout till he had no air left in his lungs” (20). What does the comment indicate about mass action? Do the novel and experience confirm the indication? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ethics of Leticia's review of Nadine's diaries. Is she right to undertake the project? How or how not?

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