House of The Scorpion

Even as a young boy , Matt wondered why

• he had eyes a different color than Celia's

• he had writing on the bottom of his foot

• he wasn't able to attend a real school

• he didn't have a mom or dad

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What did Matt discover one day while in the music room of the Big House?

• He discovered another clone identical to himself.

• He discovered Felicia was his biological mother

• He discovered Tom was turned into an eejit

• He discovered a network of secret passageways and peepholes.

What shocking thing did Matt do at El Patron's Birthday party?

• Matt demanded Maria leave the party.

• Matt demanded a kiss from Maria in front of everyone.

• Matt flipped El Patron out of his wheelchair.

• Matt screamed at El Patron for creating a "filthy creature" like himself.

Although Matt was the one accused , it was actually Felicia who had...

• caught the music room on fire and scorched the piano and the curtains

• killed Maria's dog

• held Maria prisoner for three days

• gave Tam Lin arsenic in his food

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What did Matt learn about his body guard, Tam Lin?

• Matt learned Tam Lin was a terrorist and had accidently killed twenty children.

• Matt learned Tam Lin was actually El Patron's nephew

• Matt learned Tam Lin was a clone too.

• Matt learned Tam Lin was a spy for the United States

What did Matt realize while reading a book Tam Lin had given him?

• Matt realized that an education was important if you wanted to run an empire

• Matt realized a map of Atzlan was placed into the book by Tam Lin

• Matt realized that Maria's mother was still alive

• Matt realized that Rosa was El Patron's personal nurse

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What did Celia do to stop El Patron from using Matt for a heart transplant?

• Celia kidnapped Matt and took him to San Luis

• Celia asked Tam Lin to hide Matt from the hospital staff and doctors

• Celia stabbed Matt in his liver , making him too weak for the heart surgery

• Celia began feeding Matt arsenic

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In San Luis, Matt was assigned to work in ...

• an orphanage

• a plankton factory

• a junkyard

• a hotel

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To punish Matt and Chacho, the Keepers...

• beat Sister Inez to death

• cut Carlos's hair

• made Fidelito go to bed without eating lunch and dinner

• threw them into a pit of old whale bones

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What happened on the night of El Patron's wake?

• Nearly everyone at the wake died after drinking poisoned wine

• Esperanza married Ton-Ton

• Rosa apologized to Matt for how badly she had treated him

• Matt died from an infection in his heart

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