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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 language is the Latin tongue, in Makina’s view?
2. What would Makina’s brother keep at the end of the deployment?
3. What did the family expect Makina’s brother to do for them?
4. What does Makina not see in the city to tell her that it is a city?
5. What does Makina’s brother say his experience of war mostly consisted of?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Makina learn about the job her brother took?
2. How does Makina’s brother explain why Mexican people stay in the U.S.?
3. How does Makina’s brother describe his experience of war?
4. What happened when Makina’s brother came back from the war?
5. How does the narrator describe the boy whose place Makina’s brother took, in the army?
6. What is it about the people she meets in the city that excites Makina?
7. What kind of marriage ceremony does Makina encounter on her way to the army base?
8. What kind of omen does the light in the sky give Makina when she arrives at the address?
9. What does the arresting cop tell Makina when he corrals her with the other immigrants?
10. Why does Makina’s brother say he did not return after the land fiasco?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an evaluative review of Signs Preceding the End of the World. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 2
What topics would you like to research further, after reading Signs Preceding the End of the World? Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Signs Preceding the End of the World.
Essay Topic 3
Would you recommend Signs Preceding the End of the World? For what purposes would you recommend Signs Preceding the End of the World, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
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