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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 Rosa get mad at Matt for?

2. Where is El Patron from?

3. What does the doctor say Matt suffers from when Matt is with the old man?

4. Why does Celia tell Matt about her past?

5. Who killed Furball?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rosa do while she helps Matt when he is injured at the beginning of the book?

2. What did the coyote do to Celia?

3. What does Tam Lin praise Matt's teacher for?

4. Why does Matt want to learn more about the opium empire?

5. Why does Celia choose to tell Matt about her past?

6. Why did El Patron decide to keep Celia?

7. What does Steven tell his siblings about Matt?

8. What happens when Matt tries to meet Maria in the Lotus Garden?

9. What does Matt do before Maria leaves for school, and why?

10. What is Mrs. Ortega hired to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What goals does Matt make at the end of the book, and how does he decide upon these goals?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Robert Jordan have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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