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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Summary and Analysis For Chapters 6-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Anita?
(a) That they are going to go to prison.
(b) That the men will hurt her mother.
(c) That their father will be killed.
(d) That her cousins will not have gotten out of the country yet.

2. Where does Anita's family sleep?
(a) Together in one room.
(b) Out on a sleeping porch as it is very hot.
(c) In a guest cabin on the property.
(d) In two bedrooms.

3. What does Anita not want her family to discover?
(a) Her fondness for Sam.
(b) What she writes in her journal.
(c) That she has a pet chicken.
(d) That she often cries herself to sleep.

4. What are Carla and her siblings allowed to take?
(a) A small valise each.
(b) Only what they are wearing.
(c) One item.
(d) Three sets of clothing.

5. Who understands Anita's feelings about Sammy and his friend?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Anita's Papi.
(c) Anita's Mami.
(d) Lucinda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Lucinda and Anita do that night?

2. Who is Mr. Washburn?

3. Why does Anita's mother say she and Anita's father are staying in the Dominican Republic?

4. Why do the teacher and the two visitors step into the hallway?

5. What does Lucinda say the men know about their cousins?

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