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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. Where was the party that Lizet went to with her roommates in Chapter 13?
(a) Greene House.
(b) Douglas House.
(c) Lowden House.
(d) Newman House.

2. What religion did Lizet's mother adopt for a few months and then bully her husband to convert?
(a) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
(b) The Jehovah's Witnesses.
(c) The Pentecostal Church.
(d) The Catholic Church.

3. What does "Noche Buena" refer to?
(a) New Year's Eve.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Passover.
(d) New Year's Day.

4. Where did the young woman on the bus tell Lizet she went to high school?
(a) Coral Reef.
(b) Hialeah Lakes.
(c) Hialeah Gardens.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

5. When was the Cuban Adjustment Act passed?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lizet's father when a friend dragged him to see a dead body, according to the narrative in Chapter 1?

2. What does "trabajando todavia" translate to in English?

3. How long has Lizet's father been a U.S. citizen in Chapter 14?

4. What is the name of Omar's brother?

5. What did Lizet do with the business card that the woman on the bus gave her in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does the reader learn of Lizet's education in Chapters 1 and 2?

2. What does attending Rawlings mean to Lizet?

3. What does Lizet do with the young Latina woman's business card in Chapter 3? Why?

4. What conflict emerges between Lizet and Jillian in Chapter 10?

5. Why does Lizet have resentment toward her father in the beginning of the novel?

6. Who is Rafael? What are Lizet's impressions of him when she meets him?

7. Who is Ariel Hernandez?

8. What does Lizet think of when driving past her childhood home in Chapter 18?

9. Who is Dante's father? Where is he?

10. How is Ricky's behavior different than Lourdes's behavior toward Lizet during Lizet's visit home for the holidays?

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