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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 terms best describes how act 1 scene 5 opens?

2. How does Juan Julian feel?

3. What are the workers interested in hearing?

4. What happened to Teodoro?

5. What does Marela eventually do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the old lector, Teodoro?

2. What ritual does Conchita explain to Juan Julian?

3. What does Palomo demand to know from Conchita?

4. What character does Chechy identify with in the novel and why?

5. What is bothering Ofelia and what does she say about it?

6. What would be an accurate description of Santiago and Chechy as they are first introduced?

7. What is Chechy's suggestion to solve Palomo's problem?

8. What part of the novel does Conchita dig into?

9. What differences does Juan Julian describe to the workers and how does he explain them?

10. What information does Ofelia explain to Juan Julian about Chechy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think listening to the story of Anna Karenina helped Chechy to move on in regards to his ex-wife? Why or why not? Do you think Juan Julian should have chosen a different story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Marela would always leave as Chechy approached her? What do you think Chechy wanted? How do you think he felt as Juan Julian told Marela she was beautiful?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author intertwine the plot from the novel the lector is reading into the plot of the play? Do you feel this is done successfully? Why or why not?

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