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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 notebooks does Adam usually carry?

2. What does Adam often smoke?

3. Where did Adam grow up?

4. What color are the tranquilizers Adam takes?

5. What is the first unkind thing Isabel says to Adam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Adam intensely suspicious of when it comes to art?

2. Who performs very dramatically ahead of Adam's readings in Part II?

3. What does Adam think of Tomas's poetry?

4. Who does Adam intend to hurt buy telling her about his reading he did not invite her to?

5. In Part II, what terrible story does Cyrus tell Adam?

6. Who does Adam begin a romantic relationship with in Part II?

7. What does Adam think of Arturo's English skills?

8. Who does Adam meet that is a turning point in his project in Part I?

9. Who is the source of most of Adam's social outings in Part I for a while?

10. Who does Isabel take Adam to visit in her family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the Atocha Station come to signify or symbolize? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why and how does Adam use drugs throughout this novel, from has to tranquilizers? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How and why could this novel be classified as a bildungsroman? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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