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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 pledge does Tony break while on summer vacation?
2. What is just beginning after Tony finishes his journal writing?
3. What is Tony doing while the teacher tells the students to write in their journals?
4. Why does Grandma ask Jenny to stop in the middle of a street?
5. What does Brent see as he enters the El Paso bus station?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tony finally write in his journal? What does he do to emphasize the truth in his entry?
2. As Brent steps into the hostel's dining hall, he sees a bearded man playing a concertina for the guests. Why does Brent admire this man? What is Brent thinking as he watches the bearded man entertain?
3. What does Grandma know at the beginning of the journey that Jenny does not know? What makes the ride even more poignant with Jenny?
4. Emil makes a comment to Brent that his father had told him that teachers live forever through their students. When Brent hears this, what person in his past comes to mind? What do her words mean to Brent at the time she speaks to him? What realization has Emil's sharing brought to Brent?
5. Why is it easy for Brent to interact with the children as he builds the whirligig?
6. Describe the wooden band whirligig. How does it move in the wind?
7. Why does Brent refuse to use the Visa card which his parents have given him for the trip? What does this say about his new sense of responsibility?
8. How is dinner at the hostel different from Brent's dinner at home with his parents?
9. Why does Brent enjoy returning to the Sand Dollar Cafe?
10. Which whirligig is at Tony's summer campground? How does Tony feel about the whirligig?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What does Mrs. Zamora hope to gain from Brent's restitution? Has this goal been achieved? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
The campground setting appears several times in the book. Why is this setting so prevalent? Why is it appropriate for the first and last whirligig to be constructed on a campground?
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