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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 Onésimo Sánchez's sign?

2. What is in Trinidad's box in "Artificial Roses"?

3. What item does Mina make to sell?

4. What device kills pain in "Blacamán"?

5. How many months pregnant is Ana in "There Are No Thieves in This Town"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the villagers think of José Montiel, and why?

2. What do the birds do in "One Day After Saturday," and why?

3. Explain how the narrator of "Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles" discovers he can perform miracles.

4. How does the protagonist of "The Last Voyage" affect the ghost ship's passage?

5. Describe the drowned man in "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World."

6. Describe José Montiel's family situation.

7. Why is the senator thinking about death in "Death Constant Beyond Love"?

8. How do the villagers react when Balthazar leaves the cage with his patron, and why?

9. Describe Balthazar's cage.

10. How do the women believe Esteban's compatriots must have felt about him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two victimized characters and compare and contrast their experiences, particularly in how their stories end.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the plot twist in "There Are No Thieves in This Town" and how it affects the reader's experience of the story.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the heroism of Nabo and another character.

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