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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 written on the whirligig?
2. Who is Brent picking up for the party?
3. What is usually the subject of Brent's conversations?
4. Where are Brent's hands as Chapter 1 comes to a close?
5. What bird does the man see on television one evening that makes him wish to be elsewhere?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the specific tasks that Brent must perform for restitution? How does he react to the request?
2. When the two girls reach the point, a whirligig with a woman's head on top is mounted on a pole at the edge of a cliff. What is the significance of the whirligig's location? How does this relate to the two girls?
3. Why is the Lea's whirligig so important to Mrs. Zamora?
4. How does Brent react to Lea's mother's recollection of her daughter's death?
5. How does Steph honor the whirligig? How does she honor Alexandra? Why would honoring the whirligig and her best friend be important to Steph?
6. When Brent and Jonathan arrive at the party, what becomes apparent to Brent when he sees other guests? Why does this observation make him angry at Jonathan?
7. What setbacks do Flaco and his wife have in their life together? What does Flaco do to escape?
8. How is the wooden marching band whirligig a contradiction in terms of Flaco's life? Does he see it as such? Use details to support.
9. Describe what Flaco discovers on a boarded-up ice cream shop.
10. How does Brent spend the hours right before the party?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the tangible and intangible gifts Emil shares with Brent. How do the two kinds of gifts interact?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the wooden band whirligig's effect on Flaco's life. What changes does he make in his life because of the whirligig? What remains the same in his life?
Essay Topic 3
After hearing Brent's story, the artist tells Brent that everyone makes mistakes, and he is forgiven. Discuss why this is an important moment in Brent's life. How will this moment affect Brent's dealings with other people?
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