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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year is it when the novel opens?
(a) Summer.
(b) Easter.
(c) Almost Thanksgiving.
(d) Spring.

2. Where is Tio Tony?
(a) He is hiding in the mountains outside of Santo Domingo.
(b) He is in the Bronx.
(c) He is in prison in Santo Domingo
(d) He is missing.

3. What is the weather like?
(a) There is a hurricane.
(b) Hot.
(c) Warm.
(d) Cool.

4. What does Anita's mother say Anita can do again when they are free?
(a) Talk with Sammy about anything.
(b) Go into the city.
(c) Go visit Carla.
(d) Write openly in her diary .

5. Why are the students unsettled about the visitors to the classroom?
(a) The last time it happened, one student left and never came back.
(b) It is almost time for recess, but they can't leave until the teacher dismisses them.
(c) They think something is wrong with Anita's mother.
(d) It is interrupting their practice time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Anita think more?

2. How do the children respond to their life?

3. What do Carla and Anita find difficult?

4. Why does Anita's father say they have to stay?

5. Why does Anita write with a pencil at times?

(see the answer key)

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