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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anita overhear about the Washburns?
(a) They are in trouble with El Jefe.
(b) They have lodged a protest.
(c) They have to go back to the States.
(d) They have taken refuge in the British embassy.

2. What does Chucha do with what Anita gives her?
(a) Displays them.
(b) Uses them to scare off the superstitious maid.
(c) Hides them.
(d) Throws them away.

3. Why are so many people arrested?
(a) They are using El Jefe's death to get rid of the opposition.
(b) El Jefe's son wants to punish anyone remotely associated with the assassination.
(c) They do not know who killed El Jefe.
(d) They are trying to send a message.

4. What does Anita's brother offer to do in the afternoon?
(a) Take her for ice cream.
(b) Help her with her math homework.
(c) Help her with her science project.
(d) Take her for a drive.

5. What concerns Anita's mother when she receives a call from the school?
(a) That Anita has told someone about Lucinda.
(b) That Anita has been hurt.
(c) That Anita is having emotional difficulties.
(d) That the teacher singles Anita out for punishment.

6. What does someone in a limousine bring?
(a) A gift-wrapped package.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A summons.
(d) An invitation.

7. For what does Anita check her uncle and father's pockets?
(a) Letters from Lucinda.
(b) Evidence that they are part of the rebel forces.
(c) Change to buy a soda.
(d) The pills she knows about.

8. Why does Anita's brother make this offer?
(a) Because his mother asked him to.
(b) Because he is lonely..
(c) To be kind to Anita.
(d) To distract her from what is happening.

9. Why is Lucinda frightened?
(a) She is about to become a legal adult.
(b) Anita has caught El Jefe's attention.
(c) She has caught El Jefe's eye.
(d) She is ill.

10. How does the teacher react to Anita's response?
(a) The teacher tells her to stand at the back of the room.
(b) The teacher sends her to the principal.
(c) The teacher just leaves Anita alone.
(d) The teacher sends her to the nurse.

11. What does Anita want in the event she is taken away?
(a) A pill that instantly kills her.
(b) To go with Oscar.
(c) To be brave.
(d) To be able to say goodbye.

12. What does Anita find when she gets to Lucinda's room?
(a) Lucinda is crying.
(b) Lucinda is talking to Sammy.
(c) Lucinda is packing.
(d) Lucinda isgone.

13. Why do the children go to their new school in the consul's car ?
(a) It is the only transportation available to them.
(b) They are not stopped at checkpoints as often.
(c) They are given a special escort.
(d) They are better protected since the windows are bullet proof.

14. What is Pupo supposed to do?
(a) Contact the CIA.
(b) Announce the liberation.
(c) Have live coverage of the liberation for the world to view.
(d) Arrange for his family to get out of the country.

15. Where are Mami and Anita living according to Anita's June 5, 1961entry?
(a) In the British embassy.
(b) In a closet in the Mancini home.
(c) In the American embassy.
(d) In the jungle with some other families.

Short Answer Questions

1. What small chance Anita and Mami comes and goes?

2. What does Tio Pepe give to Anita when he visits?

3. What does Lucinda allow Anita to do that night?

4. What do Anita and Mami hear on the radio?

5. Where is Anita a month and a half after the message from Chucha arrives?

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