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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mami tell Anita and Lucinda to do?
(a) Get Chucha and go to the store.
(b) Stay together.
(c) To keep quiet.
(d) Flee out the back door.

2. What does Anita's papi explain to Anita?
(a) That Carla's family has to go into hiding.
(b) That she must go with Carla to the United Sates.
(c) That Anita's mother and Anita must go to the United States.
(d) That Carla's family has received permission to leave the country.

3. Why does Anita's mother say she and Anita's father are staying in the Dominican Republic?
(a) To fight against the things that are wrong.
(b) To wait for Anita's mother to give birth.
(c) For Anita's father to run for public office.
(d) To try to sell the business.

4. What time of year is it when the novel opens?
(a) Spring.
(b) Almost Thanksgiving.
(c) Easter.
(d) Summer.

5. Besides Oscar, who helps Anita see their leader in a different light?
(a) Lucinda.
(b) Her Tio Jose.
(c) Sammy.
(d) Her Papi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Anita's response to the answer Chucha gives her about her cousins?

2. What is one topic Anita and her mother discuss?

3. What do Carla and Anita find difficult?

4. Why does Anita write with a pencil at times?

5. What is decided about Susie's birthday?

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