Characters
Theme
Setting
All About Matt
Miscellaneous
100
Who is Matt's primary caretaker and mother figure?
Celia
100
When Matt forces Maria to kiss him at El Patron’s birthday party he demonstrates what theme of our novel?
Power
100
Where does Matt spend the first six years of his life
The little house in the poppy fields.
100
What does Matt have tattooed to his foot?
Property of the Alacran Estate
100
What present does Maria give Matt for his birthday?
Homemade taffy wrapped in pieces of her favorite wrapping paper.
200
Who has a secret from his past and teaches Matt how to survive in the wild?
Tam Lin
200
When Matt is discovered playing the piano, Tam Lin remarks, “Funny, I never thought of El Patron as being musical . . . . If you’re musical, he must be.” This statement reflects what theme?
Nature vs. Nurture
200
Where does Matt go to learn about nature or to escape the house?
The Oasis
200
Why was Matt’s brain NOT destroyed with an injection at birth (even though it’s the law)?
El Patron is powerful and rich enough to break the law and he wanted his clone to remain intact.
200
Who are the aristocrats of Opium?
The Farmers who grow opium.
300
Which Alacran used to be a concert pianist but now walks around in a drugged stupor?
Felicia
300
Matt and Tam Lin discuss the complicated issue of Matt's creation and Matt asks questions such as "Am I a machine or a person?" As Matt is trying to figure out who he is, which theme is being addressed?
Individuality. He is searching for his identity.
300
Where do Felicia and Tom trick Matt and Maria to meet up?
The hospital
300
What final act seemingly destroys Matt’s relationship with Maria?
He is accused of killing Furball.
300

What country is El Patron and Celia from?

Aztlan/Mexico

400
Who is a United States senator with connections to the Alacran family?
Senator Mendoza, Maria's father
400
El Patron receives many operations to better his health. Why? What theme is shown through his actions?
El Patron wants to remain powerful in order to live and rule forever
400
Where does Matt hide Furball in order to force Maria to see him?
The pump house (shed) by the Lotus Pond
400
What is Matt’s first introduction to Tom?
When Matt was put in "prison," he threw a wormy orange at Tom, and Tom retaliates by shooting Matt with a pea shooter Has their relationship changed at all since then?
400

Why did El Patron choose the last name “Alacran”?

He liked that it means scorpion. 

500
Who receives fetal brain implants and is discovered to be the father of Tom?
MacGregor
500
Matt desired to learn everything he could. “He would excel, and then everyone would love him and forget he was a clone.” What does Matt really want?
Matt really wants to be accepted as an individual.
500
Where does Matt spy on the Alacrans?
The secret passage
500
Why does Matt like the story of Peter Rabbit (Pedro el Conejo)?
It is familiar to him from childhood. Like Peter Rabbit, Matt is curious about the world around him.
500

What is El Patron’s favorite story to share?

He loves to tell stories about his childhood.

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