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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. Where did Osmin leave Abel after he saved him?
2. Where did Abel have an apartment in Chapter 5?
3. How old was Abelito when he started working coca?
4. What is the date in Chapter 2?
5. In Chapter 4, how many are dead in the second bombing of the day?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Jefe think Mason needed to think about leaving Special Forces in Book II, Chapter 3?
2. What was the key in Chapter 2 to finding details to make readers stop and care about a story?
3. How was Carpenter killed and why?
4. What is wrong with Lisette's Uncle Carey, and what talk does she have with him?
5. What does Sofia say are reasons why the proposed treaty with the FARC is trash?
6. What is Operation Agamemnon, and why does Juan Pedro believe it needs to be led by the military?
7. How does Ana Maria de Salva threaten Juan Pedro, and what does she want from him?
8. In Chapter 3, what did Abelito learn happened in Cunaviche?
9. What were Mason's thoughts about what he ws doing in Special Forcees at the end of Book II, Chapter 2?
10. How would Mason's father help him when he was upset or angry as a teenager?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Carpenter is a guerilla leader. How are there two sides to Carpenter? What is communicated about duality through the contrast of the violence he inflicts and the kindnesses he shows?
Essay Topic 2
Abel tells his story in the third person in Chapters 1-3. Why does Abel tell his story from the third person point of view? How is the point of view that he uses symbolic of how he sees himself at that time of his life?
Essay Topic 3
Juan Pedro wonders how Valencia will view his actions and the actions of his father someday. Why does Juan Pedro wonder how Valencia will view his actions and the actions of his father someday? What do their actions reveal about moral ambiguity?
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