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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shoots the family dogs?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) Some men who are celebrating.
(c) Some soldiers who are target practicing.
(d) The secret police.

2. Who is/are arrested?
(a) Just Tio Tony.
(b) No one.
(c) Papi and Tio Tony.
(d) Papi, Tio Tony and Mundin.

3. What does Anita's mother do after talking to Mr. Washburn?
(a) Tries to decide about returning to her home.
(b) Welcomes Mr. Washburn's girls to stay when they want.
(c) Writes to her parents.
(d) Enrolls her children in Catholic school.

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

5. What does Anita worry about concerning the problem in question 126?
(a) She is going to be so tired, she'll say the wrong thing.
(b) She is going insane.
(c) She didn't love Lucinda as much as she thought.
(d) She will not be motivated to do anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mr. Washburn in New York City?

2. What does Anita do after the teacher makes her announcement?

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

4. Where do the soldiers who come to the compound say they are taking the men they arrest?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anita discover when she goes into Lucinda's room, and what is Anita's reaction?

2. What does Anita overhear her father and other men talking about concerning Trujillo, and what does Anita's mother say to the men?

3. Who are arrested in town and why?

4. What does the teacher tell the students in school the day Lucinda is leaving and how does Anita react?

5. Why can't Anita stay with Lucinda until Lucinda leaves?

6. What does Papi and the Washburns decide to do about Lucinda?

7. What does Anita do when she discovers she has begun her first period?

8. What does Papi say he wants for his children?

9. What do Mami and Anita do in hiding?

10. What does Anita know about why Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

(see the answer keys)

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