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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Anita's mother asks Anita to do?
(a) Not hang around with Oscar anymore.
(b) Not mention anything political to Sammy anymore.
(c) Pack a small suitcase to be ready at a moment's notice.
(d) Keep quiet about Anita's uncle.

2. What is Chucha's opinion about these men?
(a) They are ruthless.
(b) They are the secret police.
(c) They are hungry.
(d) They are officious.

3. Where does Lucinda take Anita to talk to her?
(a) To the basement.
(b) Nowhere; it's not safe to talk to someone so young.
(c) To the attic.
(d) Outside.

4. What does Anita realize when she looks inside?
(a) The well is drying.
(b) The chickens are almost as cowed as the humans.
(c) Her uncle is there.
(d) Her cousin who went away with her uncle.

5. Why is Anita upset with Sammy when she isn't invited?
(a) Sammy is often rude to Anita when he has other company..
(b) Sammy asks Anita to constantly wait on him and his guest.
(c) Sammy's eyes light up for his guest and not for Anita.
(d) Sammy does not understand her feelings about being excluded.

6. What aspects of her country and of the United States does Anita compare?.
(a) Religions.
(b) Freedoms.
(c) Foods.
(d) Elections.

7. What does Anita hear her father talk about on the phone that she finds confusing?
(a) Bees.
(b) Vacations.
(c) Boarding schools.
(d) Butterflies.

8. Why do they celebrate American holidays?
(a) It's a school for Americans.
(b) There is one American student who it.
(c) They do not celebrate American holidays.
(d) The students closely identify with the United States.

9. What does Mami have Anita do after seeing the black Volkswagons?
(a) Stay in her room.
(b) Run to Tio Tony's house.
(c) Stay at the Americans' house.
(d) Hide in the attic.

10. What does Anita realize about Sam?
(a) He has a core of wildness in him.
(b) He has special talents.
(c) He is brilliant.
(d) She wants him to be her boyfriend.

11. What are Carla and her siblings sent to do?
(a) Get their paperwork.
(b) Change their clothes.
(c) Have a medical exam.
(d) Get shots.

12. Why does Anita write with a pencil at times?
(a) Some times it is the only writing instrument in the house.
(b) She is not good at math and frequently has to erase her work.
(c) So she can quickly erase.
(d) Carla's family moves constantly, so she writes their address in pencil.

13. What does Mami tell Anita and Lucinda to do?
(a) Stay together.
(b) Get Chucha and go to the store.
(c) Flee out the back door.
(d) To keep quiet.

14. What does the teacher tell Anita to do?
(a) Help the new boy find the correct classroom.
(b) Help Carla pack her belongings.
(c) Help Carla practice her lines.
(d) Continue her presentation.

15. What does Anita receive for Christmas that helps her process her life?
(a) A card from Carla.
(b) A diary.
(c) A letter from her grandmother.
(d) A book about the history of the Dominican Republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Tio Tony involved in that makes him a wanted man?

2. Besides Oscar, who helps Anita see their leader in a different light?

3. What does Anita learn about their new housekeeper?

4. What does Anita's papi explain to Anita?

5. What does Lucinda tell Susie about her upcoming birthday?

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