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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. How many sins has the protagonist counted that he has committed on the eve of communion in "First Communion"?
2. What is the movie about that the Garcia family has just seen at the theater in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
3. How long does it take the portrait maker to produce Don Mateo's portrait once he is cornered at the market?
4. The truck driver in "When We Arrive" says that as soon as he drops these people off, he's going to see how things go hauling what?
5. Where do the portrait salesmen come from in "The Portrait"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do the children stay when the Garcias go to work in "The Little Burnt Victims"? Why?
2. What has Dona Maria always told her children about Santa Clause in "The Night Before Christmas"?
3. Who do the characters surmise probably turned Figueroa in, in "They Let Figueroa Out..."?
4. How is the narrative related in "When We Arrive"? Why do you think the author has chosen this narrative style?
5. What has caused the accident in "A Little Before Six..."? How many are killed as a result of the accident?
6. How are Don Efrain and Dona Chona described in "The Little Burnt Victims"?
7. Where do the portrait sellers come from in "The Portrait"? Why?
8. Why has the narrator been unable to sleep the night before in "First Communion"?
9. What does the narrator do after fleeing from his home in "First Communion"?
10. Why does one of the workers hope to get a job in Minneapolis in "When We Arrive"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the author's inclusion of "vignettes" throughout And the Earth Did Not Devour Him. What is illustrated through these vignettes? How do these vignettes shape the mood and tone of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
What is the woman praying for in "A Prayer"? Why? What is revealed about this character through her words and actions in this chapter?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the protagonist as he is observed in "Under the House." How old do you perceive the character as being at this point in the novel? What does the mother remark about him? What does he remark about himself?
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