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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Caroline claim to read about the kinds of relationships that plagued Lizet's community?

2. When was the Cuban Adjustment Act passed?

3. Who was Lizet's boyfriend beginning in high school?

4. Where did the older white couple get out in Chapter 3?

5. Whose gloves was Lizet wearing at the ice-skating rink in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jaquelin Medina? Where did Lizet meet her?

2. How did Lizet's parents respond when she told them she was admitted to college?

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

4. How is Lizet's first ice-skating experience described?

5. What does the film Monty Python's Life of Brian signify in the novel?

6. How is Lizet's first experience seeing snow described?

7. What do Lizet and the young Latina woman on the shuttle have in common in Chapter 3?

8. Where is Lizet and why is she returning home in Chapter 2?

9. How do Lourdes and Leidy respond when Lizet asks about the sources of their stories in Chapter 7? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of Make Your Home Among Strangers. Where in the narrative does the exposition transition to rising action? Where does the climax occur? What information is related in the falling action and denouement?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lizet's charges and academic trial for plagiarism. What did Lizet plagiarize? Who oversees the committee for Lizet's trial? What is the outcome of the trial?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the themes of education and ambition in Make Your Home Among Strangers. What does education mean symbolically to Lizet and to the members of her family? Do you think that education is something that is encouraged in Lizet's community? Why or why not?

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