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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 color is Daniel's carpet?

2. What does Chiquita mean in Spanish?

3. What makes Inda's mind go blank?

4. What code does Inda not know?

5. Why does Michael live in LA?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Valerie light the match?

2. Why is making Chiquita feel uncomfortable?

3. What happens when Inda returns to the club?

4. What motivates Chiquita to find her mother?

5. Who does Inda see as she drives to home?

6. What has happens in the next few months?

7. What happens when Inda and Brown decide to leave?

8. What does Chiquita realize at this moment?

9. What does Valerie do after she leaves?

10. How does Michael reveal himself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Valerie's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Valerie hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Valerie's ideas about life?

3. How has Valerie's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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