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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 does Tyler's mother teach at the high school?
2. Which of Tyler's choices for a name for the farm made it to a final round?
3. In whose class does Tyler remember studying the constitution last year?
4. How many children do Uncle Larry and Aunt Vicky have?
5. After Ben gets caught speeding, how long is he grounded?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who attends Thanksgiving dinner in "Farm of Many Plots"?
2. What is Grandma's memory table?
3. What bad things happened on Tyler's family's farm during the summer?
4. Why does Grandma visit the Cruzes in their trailer in December?
5. After Mr. Paquette's accident, why did Tyler's parents considering selling their farm?
6. Why was Tio Felipe arrested?
7. Why does Tyler think the farm is being watched by Homeland Security in "Watched-Over Farm"?
8. Who do Sara and Connie think might be calling their phone and then hanging up?
9. Who does Tyler see coming out of a trailer on his farm?
10. Why did Mari's mother go back to Mexico alone, and how long has she been gone?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tyler struggles with how to determine what is right and wrong. Why does Tyler struggle to determine what is right and wrong?
Essay Topic 2
"La Golondrina" is a song Tyler hears Felipe playing on the Day of the Dead. What does the song symbolize?
Essay Topic 3
Tyler is sure Christmas will be horrible. Why is Tyler sure that Christmas will be horrible? How does it turn out better than he expects?
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