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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 found during Pilon's treasure dig?
2. Who walks about freely on St. Andrew's Eve?
3. What is Danny's role in TORTILLA FLAT?
4. What does Joe steal from Danny?
5. What does Danny want to buy for the woman in #23?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Pilon think he will find the treasure in the St. Andrew's Eve dig?
2. How do the paisanos try to make peace with Danny?
3. What do the paisanos learn is in the Pirates' canvas bag and what is done with the bag at the house?
4. What does Pilon explain about keeping the treasures one finds in a St. Andrew's Eve dig?
5. Who does Danny invite to live with him in his house?
6. What is Big Joe's experience with Pilon on St. Andrew's Eve?
7. What is the source of the house fire and what lesson do the men learn from it?
8. What are Danny's reactions when he learns that his second house has burned down?
9. How does the author use foreshadowing when Pilon and Pablo are talking about deceased friends?
10. How does Pilon try to convince the Pirate to come live in the house with the paisanos?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Overall, the residents of Tortilla Flat become one big family. Describe the elements necessary to comprise a family. Explain some of the ways that the Tortilla Flat family is dysfunctional. Explain some of the ways that the Tortilla Flat family is quite normal.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the story. Which of the characters are lonely? Are they all lonely in some way? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
Essay Topic 3
Steinbeck populates Tortilla Flat with several eccentric characters. Who are the eccentrics in the novel? What makes them eccentric? Do you have a favorite eccentric in the book? Why? What makes him/her so appealing to you?
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