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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. What sort of tree is in front of Cora's house?
(a) A dogwood.
(b) A cactus.
(c) A tipa tree.
(d) A poinsettia tree.

2. What is shocking about the woman who comes to the barrio?
(a) She is very ugly.
(b) She is foreign.
(c) She is extremely old.
(d) She is very beautiful.

3. How does Cora signal the girls in Chapter 7?
(a) With a handkerchief.
(b) With a knock on the door.
(c) With a candle in the window.
(d) With a red sock on her windowsill.

4. What does Lilita attempt to do?
(a) Send her daughter out of the country.
(b) Go after the officer who assaulted Magda.
(c) Ground her daughter.
(d) Commit suicide.

5. Who lives across the street from Cora?
(a) Lilita's family.
(b) Josefa's family.
(c) Magda's family.
(d) Senor Ruben and his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else does Magda believe visits Senora Francisca at night?

2. Whose characters did Magda's neighbor name her sons after?

3. What makes Cora mysterious to Magda and Emilia?

4. Why did the woman come to see Senora Francisca?

5. Why does Gabriela make daily rounds through the village?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Magda audition for Wentworth's play?

2. What does Emilia tell Magda about her idea to play pranks?

3. How do Magda and Janet differ in opinions?

4. What is the conflict between Marco and his parents?

5. What is Marco's role in the government and with the Tupas? Explain.

6. What realization does Magda have about her future while recovering from Jaime's death?

7. How are Magda and Emilia finally able to visit Cora's house?

8. What does Emilia find strange about Americans?

9. What does the taxi driver say that helps Magda after Jaime's death, and why does it affect her?

10. What does Cora do that dishonors her family?

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